Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.1.6

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Passage 9.1.6: Neocles' covert march of Thebans toward Plataea via Hysiae

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Νεοκλῆς δὲ ὃς τότε βοιωταρχῶν ἔτυχεν ἐν Θήβαις---οὐ γὰρ αὐτὸν οἱ Πλαταιεῖς ἐλελήθεσαν ἐπὶ τῇ τέχνῃ--- προεῖπε τῶν Θηβαίων ἕκαστόν τέ τινα ἰέναι πρὸς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν ὁμοῦ τοῖς ὅπλοις καὶ σφᾶς αὐτίκα οὐ τὴν εὐθεῖαν ἀπὸ τῶν Θηβῶν τὴν πεδιάδα, τὴν δὲ ἐπὶ Ὑσιῶν ἦγε πρὸς Ἐλευθερῶν τε καὶ τῆς Ἀττικῆς, ᾗ μηδὲ σκοπὸς ἐτέτακτο ὑπὸ τῶν Πλαταιέων· γενήσεσθαι δὲ περὶ τὰ τείχη περὶ μεσοῦσαν μάλιστα ἔμελλε τὴν ἡμέραν.

English Translation

Neocles, who was then serving as Boeotarch in Thebes—for the Plataeans had not been unaware of his stratagem—ordered each of the Thebans to come to the assembly fully armed, and immediately led them not directly from Thebes across the plain, but rather by a way toward Hysiae, in the direction of Eleutherae and the Attic border, where no guard had been stationed by the Plataeans. He planned to arrive at the city walls at about midday.

Proper Nouns

Thebans (Θηβαῖοι) person
Neocles (Νεοκλῆς) person
Also in: 1.36.1 8.52.2
Plataeans (Πλαταιῆς) person
Thebes (Θῆβαι) place Q11225429
Attica (Ἀττική) place Q122443
Eleutherae (Ἐλευθεραί) place Q124635130
Also in: 2.6.3 9.1.1 9.2.3
Hysiae (Ὑσιές) place Q17627339
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