Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.8.8

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Passage 7.8.8: Sibyl's prophecy of Macedonian rise under Philip and later decline.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

κατὰ μέντοι τοῦ λόγου τὸ εὐπρεπὲς παρὰ Ῥωμαίων εὕρητο εἰρήνην δεήσεσί τε παντοίαις καὶ δαπάναις χρημάτων μεγάλαις. τὰ δὲ ἐς Μακεδόνας δύναμίν τε, ἣν ἐπὶ Φιλίππου περιεβάλοντο τοῦ Ἀμύντου, καὶ ὡς ἐπὶ Φιλίππου τοῦ ὑστέρου τὰ πράγματά σφισιν ἐφθάρη, Σίβυλλα οὐκ ἄνευ θεοῦ προεθέσπισεν· ἔχει δὲ οὕτω τὰ χρησθέντα·

English Translation

However, according to the story, the Romans had discovered the honorable way of peace at the cost of diverse entreaties and great expenditures of money. But regarding the power attained by the Macedonians during the reign of Philip, son of Amyntas, and how their fortunes later declined under the subsequent Philip, the Sibyl had foretold this, inspired by divine power. The prophecy was as follows:

Proper Nouns

Macedonians (Μακεδόνες) person
Sibyl (Σίβυλλα) person
Philip (Φίλιππος) person
Amyntas (Ἀμύντας) person
Romans (Ῥωμαῖοι) person
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