Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.6.1

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Passage 5.6.1: The city Samia (Samicum) and Polyperchon’s fortress

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

κατὰ δὲ τὴν ὁδὸν τὴν εὐθεῖαν διαβάντι τὸν Ἄνιγρον καὶ ἰόντι ἐς Ὀλυμπίαν, ἔστιν οὐ μετὰ πολὺ ἐν δεξιᾷ τῆς ὁδοῦ χωρίον τε ὑψηλὸν καὶ πόλις Σαμία ἐπʼ αὐτοῦ Σαμικοῦ . ταύτῃ τῇ Σαμικῷ Πολυσπέρχοντά φασιν ἄνδρα Αἰτωλὸν ἐπιτειχίσματι ἐπὶ τοὺς Ἀρκάδας χρήσασθαι.

English Translation

Crossing the Anigrus and proceeding along the straight road to Olympia, not far ahead on the right side of the road there is a high place, and upon it the city Samia, belonging to the people of Samicum. At this Samicum, they say, Polyspérchon, an Aetolian man, used a fortress against the Arcadians.

Proper Nouns

Aetolians (Αἰτωλός) person
Polyspērchon (Πολυσπέρχων) person
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) person
Samia (Σαμία) place Q3558588
Samikon (Σαμικόν) place Q3558588
Anigrus (Ἄνιγρος) place Q546636
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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