Pausanias Analysis

Passage 4.6.4

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Passage 4.6.4: Myron's false claim that Aristomenes killed King Theopompus

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

Μύρωνα δὲ ἐπί τε ἄλλοις καταμαθεῖν ἔστιν οὐ προορώμενον εἰ ψευδῆ τε καὶ οὐ πιθανὰ δόξει λέγειν καὶ οὐχ ἥκιστα ἐν τῇδε τῇ Μεσσηνίᾳ συγγραφῇ. πεποίηκε γὰρ ὡς ἀποκτείνειε Θεόπομπον τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων τὸν βασιλέα Ἀριστομένης ὀλίγον πρὸ τῆς Ἀριστοδήμου τελευτῆς· Θεόπομπον δὲ οὔτε μάχης γινομένης οὔτε ἄλλως προαποθανόντα ἴσμεν πρὶν ἢ διαπολεμηθῆναι τὸν πόλεμον.

English Translation

One can observe in other passages also that Myron was not concerned beforehand whether his statements might seem false and improbable, and not least in this work on Messenia. For he made Aristomenes slay Theopompus, the king of the Lacedaemonians, somewhat before the death of Aristodemus. But we know that Theopompus did not die beforehand, either in battle or otherwise, until the war had completely ended.

Proper Nouns

Theopompus (Θεόπομπος) person
Myron (Μύρων) person
Aristomenes (Ἀριστομένης) person
Aristodemos (Ἀριστόδημος) person
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαίμονες) place Q16157161
Also in: 3.5.2 6.15.9
Messenia (Μεσσηνία) place Q1247159
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