Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.13.3

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Passage 8.13.3: Uninscribed war burial mounds below Orchomenos.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

σωροὶ δὲ ὑπὸ τὴν πόλιν λίθων εἰσὶ διεστηκότες ἀπὸ ἀλλήλων, ἐπενήθησαν δὲ ἐν πολέμῳ πεσοῦσιν ἀνδράσιν. οἷς τισι δὲ Πελοποννησίων ἐπολέμησαν ἢ τῶν ἄλλων ἢ Ἀρκάδων αὐτῶν, οὔτε ἐπιγράμματα ἐπὶ τοῖς τάφοις ἐσήμαινεν οὔτε οἱ Ὀρχομένιοι μνημονεύουσιν.

English Translation

Below the city there are mounds of stones standing apart from one another, piled up as memorials for men who had fallen in war. Against whom of the Peloponnesians they fought—whether Arcadians themselves or others—is not indicated by inscriptions on the tombs, nor do the Orchomenians have any memory of it.

Proper Nouns

Peloponnesians (Πελοποννήσιοι) person
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) person
Orchomenians (Ὀρχομένιοι) person
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