Pausanias Analysis

Passage 4.28.3

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Passage 4.28.3: Messenians fought in the second war against Macedon but not against the Gauls.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἀλεξάνδρου δὲ ἀποθανόντος καὶ τῶν Ἑλλήνων πόλεμον δεύτερον τότε ἀνῃρημένων πρὸς Μακεδόνας, μετέσχον καὶ οἱ Μεσσήνιοι τοῦ πολέμου, καθὰ καὶ πρότερον ἐδήλωσα ἐν τῇ Ἀτθίδι συγγραφῇ. Γαλάταις δὲ μεθʼ Ἑλλήνων οὐκ ἐμαχέσαντο, Κλεωνύμου καὶ Λακεδαιμονίων σπείσασθαι σπονδάς σφισιν οὐ θελησάντων.

English Translation

After Alexander's death, when the Greeks undertook a second war against the Macedonians, the Messenians also participated, as I previously indicated in my account of Attica. They did not, however, join the Greeks in fighting the Gauls, since Cleonymus and the Spartans refused to conclude an alliance with them.

Proper Nouns

Atthis (Ἀτθίς) other
Galatians (Γαλάται) person
Cleonymus (Κλεώνυμος) person
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Macedonians (Μακεδόνες) person
Messenians (Μεσσήνιοι) person
Alexander (Ἀλέξανδρος) person
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
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