Pausanias Analysis

Passage 4.8.13

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Passage 4.8.13: Envoys arrange recovery and burial of the dead after a battle.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐς δὲ τὴν ἐπιοῦσαν μάχης μὲν οὐδέτεροι διενοοῦντο ἄρχειν οὐδὲ ἱστάναι πρότεροι τρόπαιον, προϊούσης δὲ τῆς ἡμέρας ὑπὲρ ἀναιρέσεως τῶν νεκρῶν ἐπεκηρυκεύοντο, καὶ ἐπειδὴ παρὰ ἀμφοτέρων συνεχωρήθη, θάψειν ἔμελλον ἤδη τὸ ἐντεῦθεν.

English Translation

On the following day, neither side had intended to begin fighting or to be the first to erect a trophy. As the day went on, envoys were sent to arrange the recovery of the dead, and when both parties agreed to this, they were now ready to proceed with burial thereafter.

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