Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.13.2

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Passage 9.13.2: Epaminondas's embassy to Sparta over the Peace of Antalcidas

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

χρόνῳ δὲ ὕστερον κατὰ πρεσβείαν ἐς Σπάρτην ἥκοντα Ἐπαμινώνδαν, ὅτε Λακεδαιμόνιοι συντίθεσθαι τοῖς Ἕλλησιν ἔφασαν εἰρήνην τὴν ἐπὶ Ἀνταλκίδου καλουμένην, τηνικαῦτα Ἐπαμινώνδαν ἤρετο Ἀγησίλαος, εἰ κατὰ πόλιν ὀμνύναι Βοιωτοὺς ἐάσουσιν ὑπὲρ τῆς εἰρήνης· "οὐ πρότερόν γε" εἶπεν "ὦ Σπαρτιᾶται, πρὶν ἢ καὶ τοὺς περιοίκους ὀμνύοντας κατὰ πόλιν ἴδωμεν τοὺς ὑμετέρουσ" .

English Translation

Some time afterward, Epaminondas arrived in Sparta on an embassy, when the Lacedaemonians said that they were ready to make peace with the Greeks on terms known as the peace of Antalcidas. At this time Agesilaus asked Epaminondas whether the Thebans would allow the oath concerning the peace to be sworn on a city-by-city basis. Epaminondas replied, "We will certainly not consent to that, Spartans, until we see your own perioikoi likewise swearing their oaths city by city."

Proper Nouns

Boeotians (Βοιωτοί) person
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Spartiates (Σπαρτιᾶται) person
Agesilaus (Ἀγησίλαος) person
Antalcidas (Ἀνταλκίδας) person
Also in: 9.1.4
Epaminondas (Ἐπαμινώνδας) person
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Sparta (Σπάρτη) place Q5690 Pleiades
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