Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.30.7

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Passage 8.30.7: Myropolis portico in Megalopolis, built from spoils after Acrotatus's defeat

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

μετεκομίσθη δὲ ἀπὸ λόφου τοῦ Σκολείτα· καὶ ὁ λόφος οὗτος τοῦ τείχους ἐστὶν ἐντός, ἀπὸ δὲ αὐτοῦ κάτεισιν ὕδωρ ἐς τὸν Ἑλισσόντα ἐκ πηγῆς. τῶν ἀρχείων δὲ ὄπισθε ναὸς Τύχης καὶ ἄγαλμα λίθου πεποίηται ποδῶν πέντε οὐκ ἀποδέον. στοὰν δὲ ἥντινα καλοῦσι Μυρόπωλιν, ἔστι μὲν τῆς ἀγορᾶς, ᾠκοδομήθη δὲ ἀπὸ λαφύρων, ἡνίκα τὸ πταῖσμα ἐγένετο Ἀκροτάτῳ τῷ Κλεομένους καὶ Λακεδαιμονίων τοῖς συστρατεύσασι, μαχεσαμένοις πρὸς Ἀριστόδημον τυραννίδα ἐν Μεγάλῃ πόλει τότε ἔχοντα.

English Translation

It was brought from the hill called Skoleitas, and this hill is within the city wall; from it there flows water from a spring down into the Elisson. Behind the government offices stands a temple of Tyche, and an image of stone has been created, not far short of five feet tall. The portico they call Myropolis is situated in the marketplace, and was built from spoils taken at the time of the defeat suffered by Acrotatus son of Cleomenes and the Spartans who fought alongside him, when they engaged in battle with Aristodemus, who at that time held the tyranny of Megalopolis.

Proper Nouns

Tyche (Τύχη) deity
Cleomenes (Κλεομένης) person
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Acrotatus (Ἀκρότατος) person
Aristodemos (Ἀριστόδημος) person
Megalopolis (Μεγάλη πόλις) place Q36024972
Myropolis (Μυρόπωλις) place
Skoleitas (Σκολεῖτας) place
Elisson (Ἑλισσών) place Q3723337
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