Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.16.4

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Passage 7.16.4: Diaeus flees Corinth, abandoning the Achaeans.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

εἰ δὲ ἐτόλμησεν ἐσδραμεῖν μετὰ τὴν μάχην Δίαιος ἐς Κόρινθον καὶ ὑποδέξασθαι τῷ τείχει τοὺς διαπίπτοντας ἐκ τῆς φυγῆς, κἂν εὕρασθαί τι παρὰ Μομμίου οἱ Ἀχαιοὶ φιλάνθρωπον ἐδυνήθησαν, ἐς πολιορκίαν καὶ τριβὴν πολέμου καταστάντες· νῦν δὲ ἀρχομένων ἔτι ἐνδιδόναι τῶν Ἀχαιῶν εὐθὺ Μεγάλης πόλεως ἔφευγεν ὁ Δίαιος, οὐδέν τι γενόμενος ἐς Ἀχαιοὺς ὅμοιος ἢ καὶ Καλλίστρατος ὁ Ἐμπέδου πρὸς Ἀθηναίους.

English Translation

But if Diaeus, after the battle, had dared to hasten into Corinth and had received within its walls those fleeing from their defeat, the Achaeans might have found some humane treatment from Mummius, by establishing themselves for a siege and the wear of warfare. But now, with the Achaeans only just beginning to yield, Diaeus immediately fled from the great city, proving himself towards the Achaeans no different from Callistratus, son of Empedus, towards the Athenians.

Proper Nouns

Diaios (Δίαιος) person Q2066030
Callistratus son of Empedus (Καλλίστρατος Ἐμπέδου) person
Mommius (Μόμμιος) person
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Achaeans (Ἀχαιοί) person
Corinth (Κόρινθος) place Q1363688 Pleiades
Megalopolis (Μεγάλη πόλις) place Q36024972
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