Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.6.5

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Passage 7.6.5: Achaeans at Chaeronea; only the wrestler Chilon fought near Lamia

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

πολέμων δὲ τῶν πολεμηθέντων ὕστερον ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἕλλησι κοινοῦ τοῦ μὲν ἐν Χαιρωνείᾳ Φιλίππου τε ἐναντία καὶ Μακεδόνων οἱ Ἀχαιοὶ μετέσχον, ἐς δὲ τὴν Θεσσαλίαν καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν πρὸς Λαμίᾳ καλούμενον πόλεμον οὔ φασιν ἐκστρατεύσασθαι, οὐ γάρ πω μετὰ τὸ πταῖσμα ἀνενηνοχέναι τὸ ἐν Βοιωτοῖς· ὁ δὲ τῶν ἐπιχωρίων Πατρεῦσιν ἐξηγητὴς τὸν παλαιστὴν Χίλωνα Ἀχαιῶν μόνον μετασχεῖν ἔφασκε τοῦ ἔργου τοῦ περὶ Λάμιαν.

English Translation

Of the wars later fought collectively by the Greeks, the Achaeans participated in the battle at Chaeronea against Philip and the Macedonians; but they say that they did not march into Thessaly nor join in the so-called Lamian War, because they had not yet recovered from the disaster in Boeotia. However, a local guide among the people of Patrae claimed that the wrestler Chilon alone among the Achaeans took part in the events near Lamia.

Proper Nouns

Boeotians (Βοιωτοί) person
Macedonians (Μακεδόνες) person
Philip (Φίλιππος) person
Chilon (Χίλων) person
Achaeans (Ἀχαιοὶ) person
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Thessaly (Θεσσαλία) place Q1247568
Lamia (Λάμια) place Q192980 Pleiades
Also in: 1.1.3 10.3.4
Patrae (Πάτραι) place Q56398976
Chaeronea (Χαιρώνεια) place Q13574678
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