Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.11.1

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Passage 7.11.1: Gallus, Roman envoy arbitrating and mocking Spartans and Argives

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ῥωμαῖοι δὲ αὖθις ἄνδρα ἐκ τῆς βουλῆς καταπέμπουσιν ἐς τὴν Ἑλλάδα· ὄνομα μὲν τῷ ἀνδρὶ ἦν Γάλλος, ἀπέσταλτο δὲ Λακεδαιμονίοις καὶ Ἀργείοις ὑπὲρ γῆς ἀμφισβητουμένης γενέσθαι δικαστής. οὗτος ὁ Γάλλος ἐς τὸ Ἑλληνικὸν πολλὰ μὲν εἶπε, πολλὰ δὲ καὶ ἔπραξεν ὑπερήφανα, Λακεδαιμονίους δὲ καὶ Ἀργείους τὸ παράπαν ἔθετο ἐν χλευασίᾳ·

English Translation

Once again the Romans sent a member of their senate into Greece; the name of this man was Gallus, and he was dispatched to act as an arbitrator between the Lacedaemonians and the Argives concerning disputed territory. This Gallus spoke and acted in numerous ways with arrogance towards the Greeks, and treated the Lacedaemonians and Argives entirely with mockery.

Proper Nouns

Gallus (Γάλλος) person Q8825
Also in: 7.11.2 7.11.3
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) person
Romans (Ῥωμαῖοι) person
Hellas (Ἑλλάς) place Q7798
Hellenikon (Ἑλληνικόν) place
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