Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.7.6

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Passage 6.7.6: Dorieus's capture and execution by Sparta.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τὰ δὲ ἐς τοῦ Δωριέως τὴν τελευτήν ἐστιν ἐν τῇ συγγραφῇ τῇ Ἀτθίδι Ἀνδροτίωνι εἰρημένα, εἶναι μὲν τηνικαῦτα ἐν Καύνῳ τὸ βασιλέως ναυτικὸν καὶ Κόνωνα ἐπʼ αὐτῷ στρατηγόν, Ῥοδίων δὲ τὸν δῆμον πεισθέντα ὑπὸ τοῦ Κόνωνος ἀπὸ Λακεδαιμονίων μεταβαλέσθαι σφᾶς ἐς τὴν βασιλέως καὶ Ἀθηναίων συμμαχίαν, Δωριέα δὲ ἀποδημεῖν μὲν τότε ἐκ Ῥόδου περὶ τὰ ἐντὸς Πελοποννήσου χωρία, συλληφθέντα δὲ ὑπὸ ἀνδρῶν Λακεδαιμονίων αὐτὸν καὶ ἀναχθέντα ἐς Σπάρτην ἀδικεῖν τε ὑπὸ Λακεδαιμονίων καταγνωσθῆναι καὶ ἐπιβληθῆναί οἱ θάνατον ζημίαν.

English Translation

The events surrounding the death of Dorieus are recorded in the Attic History by Androtion. He writes that at that time the Persian king's fleet was at Caunus, and Conon was its commander. He relates that the democratic party among the Rhodians was persuaded by Conon to abandon alliance with the Lacedaemonians and shift their support to the king and the Athenians, and that Dorieus was then abroad from Rhodes, traveling among the coastal lands within the Peloponnese. He was captured by the Lacedaemonians, taken back to Sparta, found guilty by them of wrongdoing, and sentenced to death.

Proper Nouns

Atthis (Ἀτθίς) other
Dorieus (Δωριεύς) person
Conon (Κόνων) person
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Androtion (Ἀνδροτίων) person
Also in: 6.7.7 10.8.1
Rhodians (Ῥόδιοι) person
Caunus (Καῦνος) place Q608095
Peloponnese (Πελοπόννησος) place Q78967
Sparta (Σπάρτη) place Q5690 Pleiades
Rhodes (Ῥόδος) place Q13533316
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