Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.15.4

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Passage 7.15.4: Critolaus defeated near Scarphaea; he vanished into the marsh by Mount Oeta.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

ὑποφεύγοντας δὲ Κριτόλαον καὶ Ἀχαιοὺς αἱροῦσιν ὀλίγον πρὸ τῆς Σκαρφείας οἱ ὁμοῦ τῷ Μετέλλῳ, καὶ ἀπέκτεινάν τε πλήθει πολλοὺς καὶ ἔλαβον ζῶντας ὅσον χιλίους. Κριτόλαος δὲ οὔτε ὤφθη ζῶν μετὰ τὴν μάχην οὔτε ἐν τοῖς νεκροῖς εὑρέθη· εἰ δὲ ἐτόλμησε τῆς πρὸς τῇ Οἴτῃ θαλάσσης ἐς ταύτης καταδῦναι τὸ τέλμα, παντάπασιν ἔμελλεν ἄγνωστός τε καὶ ἄπυστος οἰχήσεσθαι κατὰ τοῦ βυθοῦ.

English Translation

While Critolaus and the Achaeans were fleeing, those accompanying Metellus overtook them a little before the city of Scarphaea, killing a great number, and capturing alive about a thousand men. Critolaus himself was neither seen alive after the battle nor found among the dead. If indeed he ventured into the marsh beside the sea near Mount Oeta, he must have utterly vanished, unknown and unheard of, into its depths.

Proper Nouns

Kritolaos (Κριτόλαος) person
Metellus (Μετέλλος) person
Also in: 7.13.5
Achaeans (Ἀχαιοὶ) person
Oeta (Οἴτη) place Q132378
Skarpheia (Σκάρφεια) place Q3475188
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