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 Q1122426
Arcadian League (Ἀρκαδικὸν) other Q1913865
Achaean League (Ἀχαϊκόν) other Q244796
Cleomenes (Κλεομένης) person
Cleonymus (Κλεώνυμος) person Q930518
Lacedaemonian (Λακεδαιμόνιος) person Q4253257
Leonidas (Λεωνίδας) person Q44228
Messenians (Μεσσήνιος) person
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) person
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) person
Achaeans (Ἀχαιοί) person
Megalopolis (Μεγάλη Πόλις) place Q36024972
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