Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.10.4

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Passage 7.10.4: Macedonian garrisons imposed on Athens by Antipater and traitors like Demades

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐπεὶ δὲ τὸ ἐν Λαμίᾳ πταῖσμα ἐγένετο Ἕλλησιν, Ἀντίπατρος μέν, ἅτε διαβῆναι ποιούμενος σπουδὴν πρὸς τὸν ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ πόλεμον, ἐβούλετο εἰρήνην ἐν τάχει συντίθεσθαι, καί οἱ διέφερεν οὐδὲν εἰ Ἀθήνας τε ἐλευθέραν καὶ τὴν πᾶσαν Ἑλλάδα ἀφήσει· Δημάδης δὲ καὶ ὅσον προδοτῶν Ἀθήνῃσιν ἄλλο ἦν, ἀναπείθουσιν Ἀντίπατρον μηδὲν ἐς Ἕλληνας φρονῆσαι φιλάνθρωπον, ἐκφοβήσαντες δὲ Ἀθηναίων τὸν δῆμον ἔς τε Ἀθήνας καὶ πόλεων τῶν ἄλλων τὰς πολλὰς ἐγένοντο αἴτιοι Μακεδόνων ἐσαχθῆναι φρουράς.

English Translation

When the Greeks experienced their defeat at Lamia, Antipater, desiring to cross over swiftly to the war in Asia, was eager to conclude peace quickly, and it mattered nothing to him whether he left Athens and indeed all Greece free. However, Demades and other traitors among the Athenians persuaded Antipater not to show any benevolence towards the Greeks. Then, by terrifying the Athenian people, they became responsible for bringing Macedonian garrisons into Athens and most of the other cities.

Proper Nouns

Demades (Δημάδης) person Q211430
Macedonians (Μακεδόνες) person
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Antipater (Ἀντίπατρος) person
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Lamia (Λαμία) place Q192980 Pleiades
Also in: 1.8.2 7.10.5
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
Asia (Ἀσία) place Q210718
Hellas (Ἑλλάς) place Q7798
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