Pausanias Analysis

Passage 4.6.5

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Passage 4.6.5: Theopompus brings the war to a close, praised by Tyrtaeus

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

οὗτος δὲ ὁ Θεόπομπος· ἦν καὶ ὁ πέρας ἐπιθεὶς τῷ πολέμῳ· μαρτυρεῖ δέ μοι καὶ τὰ ἐλεγεῖα τῶν Τυρταίου λέγοντα ἡμετέρῳ βασιλῆι θεοῖσι φίλῳ Θεοπόμπῳ, ὃν διὰ Μεσσήνην εἵλομεν εὐρύχορον. Tyrtaeus, unknown location. ὁ τοίνυν Ἀριστομένης δόξῃ γε ἐμῇ γέγονεν ἐπὶ τοῦ πολέμου τοῦ ὑστέρου· καὶ τὰ ἐς αὐτόν, ἐπειδὰν ἐς τοῦτο ὁ λόγος ἀφίκηται, τηνικαῦτα ἐπέξειμι.

English Translation

This Theopompus was also the one who brought the war to its conclusion. My assertion is supported by Tyrtaeus' elegiac verses, which say: "to our king dear to the gods, Theopompus, whom we seized wide-rich Messene." Aristomenes, in my opinion at least, belongs to the later war; I shall deal with what concerns him at the appropriate place in my narrative.

Proper Nouns

gods (θεοί) deity
Theopompus (Θεόπομπος) person
Tyrtaeus (Τυρταῖος) person
Aristomenes (Ἀριστομένης) person
Messene (Μεσσήνη) place Q1022117
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