Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.51.4

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Passage 8.51.4: Philopoemen confronting Roman influence and managing Spartan exiles.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἀντίοχον δὲ ἀπόγονον Σελεύκου τοῦ ὀνομασθέντος Νικάτορος καὶ Σύρων τὴν σὺν αὐτῷ στρατιὰν Μανίου καὶ Ῥωμαίων ἐν Θερμοπύλαις νικησάντων καὶ Ἀρισταίνου τοῖς Ἀχαιοῖς τοῦ Μεγαλοπολίτου παραινοῦντος ἐπαινεῖν τὰ Ῥωμαίοις ἀρέσκοντα ἐπὶ παντὶ μηδὲ ἀνθίστασθαί σφισιν ὑπὲρ μηδενός, ὁ Φιλοποίμην ἀπεῖδεν ἐς τὸν Ἀρίσταινον σὺν ὀργῇ καὶ αὐτὸν τῇ Ἑλλάδι ἔφη τὴν πεπρωμένην ἐπιταχύνειν· Λακεδαιμονίων δὲ τοὺς φεύγοντας Μανίου καταδέξασθαι θέλοντος τῷ μὲν ἀντέπραξεν ἐς τὸ βούλευμα, ἐκείνου δὲ ἀπελθόντος τότε ἤδη κατελθεῖν τοὺς φυγάδας ἐφίησιν ἐς Σπάρτην.

English Translation

When Manius and the Romans defeated Antiochus, descendant of Seleucus surnamed Nicator, and the Syrian army with him at Thermopylae, and when Aristaenus of Megalopolis urged the Achaeans to approve whatever pleased the Romans, and never to oppose them on any matter, Philopoemen looked angrily at Aristaenus and declared him to be hastening the fate appointed for Greece. Later, when Manius wished the Spartans to receive back their exiles, Philopoemen opposed his proposal; but after Manius departed, Philopoemen himself permitted the exiles to return to Sparta.

Proper Nouns

Nicator (Νικάτωρ) other
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Manius (Μάνιος) person
Megalopolitan (Μεγαλοπολίτης) person
Seleucus (Σέλευκος) person
Syros (Σύρος) person
Also in: 1.25.8
Philopoemen (Φιλοποίμην) person
Antiochus (Ἀντίοχος) person
Aristaenus (Ἀρίσταινος) person
Achaeans (Ἀχαιοὶ) person
Romans (Ῥωμαῖοι) person
Thermopylae (Θερμοπύλαι) place Q194450 Pleiades
Sparta (Σπάρτη) place Q5690 Pleiades
Hellas (Ἑλλάς) place Q7798
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