Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.4.7

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Passage 6.4.7: Chilon's death at Chaeronea or Lamia inferred from a Lysippus statue

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

εἰ δὲ Λυσίππου τοῦ ποιήσαντος τὴν εἰκόνα τεκμαιρόμενον τῇ ἡλικίᾳ συμβαλέσθαι δεῖ με τὸν πόλεμον ἔνθα ὁ Χίλων ἔπεσεν, ἤτοι ἐς Χαιρώνειαν Ἀχαιοῖς τοῖς πᾶσιν ὁμοῦ στρατεύσασθαι ἢ ἰδίᾳ κατʼ ἀρετήν τε καὶ τόλμαν Ἀχαιῶν μόνος Ἀντιπάτρου μοι καὶ Μακεδόνων ἐναντία ἀγωνίσασθαι περὶ Λάμιαν φαίνεται τὴν ἐν Θεσσαλίᾳ.

English Translation

If I am to draw a conclusion from the age of Chilon based on the statue made by Lysippus, the war in which he fell appears to be either the campaign at Chaeronea, where all the Achaeans fought collectively, or else, standing alone among the Achaeans in valor and daring, he faced Antipater and the Macedonians by Lamia in Thessaly.

Proper Nouns

Lysippos (Λύσιππος) person
Macedonians (Μακεδόνες) person
Chilon (Χίλων) person
Antipater (Ἀντίπατρος) person
Achaeans (Ἀχαιοί) person
Thessaly (Θεσσαλία) place Q1247568
Lamia (Λάμία) place Q192980 Pleiades
Chaeronea (Χαιρώνεια) place Q13574678
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