Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.27.3

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Passage 8.27.3: Cities abandoned under Arcadian persuasion against the Lacedaemonians

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

πόλεις δὲ τοσαίδε ἦσαν ὁπόσας ὑπό τε προθυμίας καὶ διὰ τὸ ἔχθος τὸ Λακεδαιμονίων πατρίδας σφίσιν οὔσας ἐκλιπεῖν ἐπείθοντο οἱ Ἀρκάδες, Ἀλέα Παλλάντιον Εὐταία Σουμάτειον Ἀσέα Περαιθεῖς Ἑλισσὼν Ὀρεσθάσιον Δίπαια Λύκαια· ταύτας μὲν ἐκ Μαινάλου· ἐκ δὲ Εὐτρησίων Τρικόλωνοι καὶ Ζοίτιον καὶ Χαρισία καὶ Πτολέδερμα καὶ Κναῦσον καὶ Παρώρεια·

English Translation

The following were the cities whose inhabitants, through zeal as well as hatred against the Lacedaemonians, were persuaded by the Arcadians to abandon their native homes: Alea, Pallantion, Eutaia, Soumateion, Asea, Peraitheis, Helisson, Oresthasion, Dipaia, and Lykaia, which were all cities from Mainalos; from the region of the Eutresioi, Trikolonoi, Zoiton, Charisia, Ptolederma, Knauson, and Paroreia.

Proper Nouns

Eutresioi (Εὐτρησοί) person
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) person
Dipaia (Δίπαια) place Q1227119
Eutaia (Εὐταία) place Q16565409
Zoition (Ζοίτιον) place
Knauson (Κναῦσον) place Q39081812
Lykaia (Λύκαια) place Q614734
Mainalos (Μαίναλον) place Q2703145
Pallantion (Παλλάντιον) place Q11939941
Paroreia (Παρώρεια) place Q3605950
Peraithois (Περαιθεῖς) place Q39081772
Also in: 8.3.4
Ptolederma (Πτολέδερμα) place Q39081810
Soumateion (Σουμάτειον) place Q39081737
Trikolonoi (Τρικόλωνοι) place Q16331632
Also in: 8.3.4 8.35.9
Charisia (Χαρισία) place Q5074395
Also in: 8.3.4
Alea (Ἀλέα) place Q3609405
Also in: 8.23.1
Asea (Ἀσέα) place Q60791566
Helisson (Ἑλισσὼν) place Q5706174
Oresthasion (Ὀρεσθάσιον) place Q7101662
Also in: 6.10.9 8.3.1 8.3.2
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