Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.28.7

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Passage 8.28.7: The Paraibasion memorial to those killed fighting Cleomenes

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ταῦτα μὲν δὴ ἐνταῦθά ἐστι· κατὰ δὲ τὴν ὁδὸν τὴν ἐκ Γόρτυνος ἐς Μεγάλην πόλιν πεποίηται μνῆμα τοῖς ἀποθανοῦσιν ἐν τῇ πρὸς Κλεομένην μάχῃ. τὸ δὲ μνῆμα τοῦτο ὀνομάζουσιν οἱ Μεγαλοπολῖται Παραιβασίον, ὅτι ἐς αὐτοὺς παρεσπόνδησεν ὁ Κλεομένης. Παραιβασίου δὲ ἔχεται πεδίον ἑξήκοντα σταδίων μάλιστα· καὶ πόλεως ἐρείπια Βρένθης ἐστὶν ἐν δεξιᾷ τῆς ὁδοῦ, καὶ ποταμὸς ἔξεισιν αὐτόθεν Βρενθεάτης καὶ ὅσον σταδίους προελθόντι πέντε κάτεισιν ἐς τὸν Ἀλφειόν.

English Translation

These things, then, stand in this place. On the road leading from Gortys to Megalopolis is a memorial constructed for those who died in battle against Cleomenes. This memorial the Megalopolitans call "Paraibasion" (Treaty-violation), because Cleomenes broke a truce made with them. Next to the Paraibasion is a plain extending approximately sixty stades. On the right side of the road lie the ruins of a city called Brenthe, from which the river Brentheates flows forth and, after running about five stades, joins the Alpheios.

Proper Nouns

Brentheates (Βρενθεάτης) other
Megalopolitans (Μεγαλοπολῖται) other
Cleomenes (Κλεομένης) person
Brenthe (Βρένθη) place Q12874732
Gortyna (Γόρτυνα) place Q1538431
Megalopolis (Μεγάλη πόλις) place Q36024972
Paraibasion (Παραιβασίον) place
Alpheios (Ἀλφειός) place Q941745
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