Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.7.4

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Passage 8.7.4: Philip's camp at Nestane and the spring Philippium.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τοῦ δὲ Ἀργοῦ καλουμένου πεδίου Μαντινεῦσιν ὄρος ἐστὶν ἐν ἀριστερᾷ, σκηνῆς τε Φιλίππου τοῦ Ἀμύντου καὶ κώμης ἐρείπια ἔχον Νεστάνης· πρὸς ταύτῃ γὰρ στρατοπεδεύσασθαι τῇ Νεστάνῃ Φίλιππον λέγουσι καὶ τὴν πηγὴν αὐτόθι ὀνομάζουσιν ἔτι ἀπὸ ἐκείνου Φιλίππιον. ἀφίκετο δὲ ἐς Ἀρκαδίαν Φίλιππος οἰκειωσόμενός τε Ἀρκάδας καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἑλληνικοῦ σφᾶς τοῦ ἄλλου διαστήσων.

English Translation

On the left-hand side of the plain called Argon there is a mountain belonging to the Mantineans, upon which stand the ruins of the village of Nestane and of the camp of Philip son of Amyntas. For they say Philip encamped at Nestane, and the spring there is still named Philippium after him. Philip had come into Arcadia both to establish friendly relations with the Arcadians and to detach them from the rest of the Greek alliance.

Proper Nouns

Philip (Φίλιππος) person
Amyntas (Ἀμύντας) person
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) person
Mantineia (Μαντίνεια) place Q1160195
Nestane (Νεστάνη) place Q60791907
Also in: 8.8.1
Philippion (Φιλίππιον) place Q111858056
Arcadia (Ἀρκαδία) place Q12898802
Argos (Ἄργος) place Q13533353
Hellenikon (Ἑλληνικόν) place
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