Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.25.6

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Passage 5.25.6: Peoples inhabiting Sicily.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Σικελίαν δὲ ἔθνη τοσάδε οἰκεῖ, Σικανοί τε καὶ Σικελοὶ καὶ Φρύγες, οἱ μὲν ἐξ Ἰταλίας διαβεβηκότες ἐς αὐτήν, Φρύγες δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ Σκαμάνδρου ποταμοῦ καὶ χώρας τῆς Τρῳάδος· οἱ δὲ Φοίνικες καὶ Λίβυες στόλῳ ἀφίκοντο ἐς τὴν νῆσον κοινῷ καὶ ἄποικοι Καρχηδονίων εἰσὶ. τοσαῦτα μὲν ἐν Σικελίᾳ ἔθνη βάρβαρα· Ἑλλήνων δὲ Δωριεῖς τε ἔχουσιν αὐτὴν καὶ Ἴωνες καὶ τοῦ Φωκικοῦ καὶ τοῦ Ἀττικοῦ γένους ἑκατέρου μοῖρα οὐ πολλή.

English Translation

Sicily is inhabited by the following peoples: the Sicanians, Sicels, and Phrygians—the first two groups migrated there from Italy, but the Phrygians came from the Scamander river and the region of the Troad. The Phoenicians and Libyans together sailed to the island in an expedition, and they are colonists sent from Carthage. These, then, are the barbarian nations in Sicily. As for the Greeks, the island is inhabited by both Dorians and Ionians, along with small communities descended from the Phocians and from Attica.

Proper Nouns

Phocian (Φωκικόν) other
Attic (Ἀττικόν) other
Dorians (Δωριεῖς) person
Carthaginians (Καρχηδόνιοι) person
Libyans (Λίβυες) person
Sikanoi (Σικανοί) person
Also in: 8.46.2
Sicels (Σικελοί) person
Also in: 1.28.3 7.4.6
Phoenicians (Φοίνικες) person
Phrygians (Φρύγες) person
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Ionians (Ἴωνες) person
Sicily (Σικελία) place Q1460
Scamander (Σκάμανδρος) place Q19309185
Troad (Τρῳάς) place Q2454671
Italy (Ἰταλία) place Q913582
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