Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.27.7

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Passage 8.27.7: Fates of Arcadian cities: many deserted; Pallantium spared; Alipheraeans retain their city.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τῶν δὲ ἄλλων τῶν κατειλεγμένων πόλεων αἱ μὲν ἐς ἅπαν εἰσὶν ἐφʼ ἡμῶν ἔρημοι, τὰς δὲ ἔχουσιν οἱ Μεγαλοπολῖται κώμας, Γόρτυνα Διποί ν ας Θεισόαν τὴν πρὸς Ὀρχομενῷ Μεθύδριον Τεῦθιν Καλλιὰς Ἑλισσόντα· μόνη δὲ ἐξ αὐτῶν Παλλάντιον ἔμελλεν ἄρα ἠπιωτέρου πειρᾶσθαι καὶ τότε τοῦ δαίμονος. τοῖς δὲ Ἀλιφηρεῦσι παραμεμένηκεν ἐξ ἀρχῆς πόλιν σφᾶς καὶ ἐς τόδε νομίζεσθαι.

English Translation

Of the other cities previously mentioned, some in our day are completely deserted, while others are occupied by the Megalopolitans as villages: Gortys, Dipoenae, Theisoa near Orchomenus, Methydrium, Teuthis, Calliae, and Helisson. Pallantium alone, among these cities, was evidently destined to experience even then a gentler fate from the deity. The Alipheraeans, however, have continued from the beginning down to this time to retain their city and their distinct identity.

Proper Nouns

Megalopolitan (Μεγαλοπολίτης) person
Alipheraeus (Ἀλιφηρεύς) person
Gortyna (Γόρτυνα) place Q1538431
Dipoinae (Διπόναι) place
Theisoa (Θεισόα) place Q15054733
Calliae (Καλλιαί) place Q48781569
Methydrion (Μεθύδριον) place Q60790161
Pallantion (Παλλάντιον) place Q11939941
Teuthis (Τευθίς) place Q7707085
Elisson (Ἑλισσών) place Q3723337
Orchomenus (Ὀρχομενός) place Q13574822
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