Pausanias Analysis

Passage 4.29.7

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Passage 4.29.7: Cleomenes captures Megalopolis during a truce

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ὃ δὲ οὐ λέληθεν ἐμέ, οὐδὲ Μεσσηνίους ἐλελήθει δήπου, καὶ μὴ συντελοῦσιν αὐτοῖς ἐς τὸ συνέδριον ὡς ἐπὶ Λακεδαιμονίους τὰ Ἀχαιῶν ὑπάρχοι· ἐν γὰρ δὴ τοῖς Ἀχαιοῖς καὶ Ἀργεῖοι καὶ τὸ Ἀρκαδικὸν οὐκ ἐλαχίστη μοῖρα ἦσαν. ἀνὰ χρόνον μέντοι προσεχώρησαν ἐς τὸ Ἀχαϊκόν. οὐ πολλῷ δὲ ὕστερον Κλεομένης ὁ Λεωνίδου τοῦ Κλεωνύμου Μεγάλην πόλιν εἷλεν Ἀρκάδων ἐν σπονδαῖς·

English Translation

But this fact has not escaped my notice, nor could it, I suppose, have escaped the Messenians themselves, that by not contributing to the council, the direction of Achaean policy toward Sparta would lie outside their influence; for among the Achaeans, the Argives and the Arcadians formed no small portion. However, in due time they did join the Achaean League. Not long afterward, Cleomenes, son of Leonidas, grandson of Cleonymus, captured Megalopolis, a city of the Arcadians, during a period of truce.

Proper Nouns

Synedrion (Συνέδριον) other
Arcadian League (Ἀρκαδικὸν) other
Achaean League (Ἀχαϊκόν) other
Cleomenes (Κλεομένης) person
Cleonymus (Κλεώνυμος) person
Lacedaemonian (Λακεδαιμόνιος) person
Leonidas (Λεωνίδας) person
Messenians (Μεσσήνιος) person
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) person
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) person
Achaeans (Ἀχαιοί) person
Megalopolis (Μεγάλη Πόλις) place Q36024972
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