Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.5.9

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Passage 8.5.9: Tegeans, with armed women, defeat and capture Charillus.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

μετὰ δὲ Αἰγινήτην Πολυμήστωρ ἐγένετο ὁ Αἰγινήτου βασιλεὺς Ἀρκάδων, καὶ Λακεδαιμόνιοι καὶ Χάριλλος πρῶτον τότε ἐς τὴν Τεγεατῶν ἐσβάλλουσι στρατιᾷ· καὶ σφᾶς αὐτοί τε οἱ Τεγεᾶται καὶ γυναῖκες ὅπλα ἐνδῦσαι μάχῃ νικῶσι, καὶ τόν τε ἄλλον στρατὸν καὶ αὐτὸν Χάριλλον ζῶντα αἱροῦσι. Χαρίλλου μὲν δὴ καὶ τῆς σὺν αὐτῷ στρατιᾶς ἐς πλέον μνήμην ποιησόμεθα ἐν τοῖς Τεγεατικοῖς·

English Translation

After Aeginetes, Polymestor the son of Aeginetes became king of the Arcadians. During his reign, the Lacedaemonians together with Charillus invaded the territory of the Tegeans for the first time with an army. The Tegeans themselves, along with their women—who had put on armor—defeated them in battle and captured alive both Charillus himself and the rest of his force. We shall speak at greater length regarding Charillus and the army that accompanied him in our account of Tegea.

Proper Nouns

Aeginetan (Αἰγινήτης) person
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Polymestor (Πολυμήστωρ) person
Also in: 8.5.10
Tegeans (Τεγεᾶται) person
Charillos (Χάριλλος) person
Tegeatica (matters concerning Tegea) (Τεγεατικά) place
Tegeatae (Τεγεᾶται) place
Also in: 8.44.7 8.48.4
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) place Q11906401
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