Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.4.8

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Passage 5.4.8: Elean victory over the Lacedaemonians at Olympia

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

κατὰ δὲ τὴν Ἄγιδος ἐπιστρατείαν ἐς τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν προδοσίαν τὴν Ξενίου μάχῃ μὲν περὶ Ὀλυμπίαν νικῶσιν οἱ Ἠλεῖοι καὶ τροπὴν ἐργασάμενοι τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων ἐκ τοῦ περιβόλου σφᾶς ἐξήλασαν τοῦ ἱεροῦ· χρόνῳ δὲ ὕστερον ἐπαύθη σφίσιν ὁ πόλεμος κατὰ τὰς συνθήκας ἃς ἐγὼ πρότερον ἔτι ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τῷ ἐς Λακεδαιμονίους ἐδήλωσα.

English Translation

During the military expedition of Agis into their territory and the treachery of Xenias, the Eleans prevailed in battle around Olympia, defeating the Lacedaemonians and driving them in flight from the sacred precinct. Afterward, within a period of time, the war was ended according to the terms of the treaty which I previously explained in my account of the Lacedaemonians.

Proper Nouns

Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Xenios (Ξένιος) person
Agis (Ἄγις) person
Eleians (Ἠλεῖος) person
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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