Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.52.2

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Passage 8.52.2: Greek commanders who repelled Xerxes and were later denied honour.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Μιλτιάδου δὲ ὕστερον Λεωνίδας ὁ Ἀναξανδρίδου καὶ Θεμιστοκλῆς ὁ Νεοκλέους ἀπώσαντο ἐκ τῆς Ἑλλάδος Ξέρξην, ὁ μὲν ταῖς ναυμαχίαις ἀμφοτέραις, Λεωνίδας δὲ ἀγῶνι τῷ ἐν Θερμοπύλαις. Ἀριστείδην δὲ τὸν Λυσιμάχου καὶ Παυσανίαν τὸν Κλεομβρότου Πλαταιᾶσιν ἡγησαμένους, τὸν μὲν τὰ ὕστερον ἀφείλετο ἀδικήματα εὐεργέτην μὴ ὀνομασθῆναι τῆς Ἑλλάδος, Ἀριστείδην δὲ ὅτι ἔταξε φόρους τοῖς τὰς νήσους ἔχουσιν Ἕλλησι· πρὸ Ἀριστείδου δὲ ἦν ἅπαν τὸ Ἑλληνικὸν ἀτελὲς φόρων.

English Translation

After Miltiades, Leonidas, the son of Anaxandrides, and Themistocles, the son of Neocles, repelled Xerxes from Greece, the latter through two naval battles, Leonidas through the conflict at Thermopylae. As for Aristides, the son of Lysimachus, and Pausanias, the son of Cleombrotus, who commanded at Plataea, the former was later prevented, owing to subsequent misconduct, from being esteemed a benefactor of Greece, while Aristides was similarly denied credit because he had imposed tribute upon those Greeks occupying the islands. Before Aristides, all of Hellas had been free from tribute.

Proper Nouns

Hellenic (Ἑλληνικόν) other Q41 Pleiades
Themistocles (Θεμιστοκλῆς) person Q179552
Cleombrotus (Κλεομβρότος) person Q373660
Also in: 3.6.2 9.13.4
Leonidas (Λεωνίδας) person Q44228
Lysimachus (Λυσίμαχος) person Q32133
Miltiades (Μιλτιάδης) person Q210350
Neocles (Νεοκλῆς) person Q107138602
Also in: 1.36.1 9.1.6
Xerxes (Ξέρξης) person Q129165
Pausanias (Παυσανίας) person Q192931
Anaxandrides (Ἀναξάνδριδος) person Q349897
Also in: 3.4.7 3.16.5
Aristeides (Ἀριστείδης) person
Thermopylae (Θερμοπύλαι) place Q194450 Pleiades
Plataea (Πλαταιαί) place Q742538
Hellas (Ἑλλάς) place Q7798
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