Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.2.6

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Passage 9.2.6: The Eleutheria festival and the trophy of the Plataean victory.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἄγουσι δὲ καὶ νῦν ἔτι ἀγῶνα διὰ ἔτους πέμπτου τὰ δὲ Ἐλευθέρια, ἐν ᾧ μέγιστα γέρα πρόκειται δρόμου· θέουσι δὲ ὡπλισμένοι πρὸ τοῦ βωμοῦ. τρόπαιον δέ, ὃ τῆς μάχης τῆς Πλαταιᾶσιν ἀνέθεσαν οἱ Ἕλληνες, πεντεκαίδεκα σταδίοις μάλιστα ἕστηκεν ἀπωτέρω τῆς πόλεως.

English Translation

Even now they still hold a contest every fifth year called the Eleutheria, in which the greatest honours are awarded in the footrace; the competitors run fully armed before the altar. The trophy that the Greeks dedicated after the battle for the Plataeans stands roughly fifteen stadia outside the city.

Proper Nouns

Eleutheria (Ἐλευθέρια) other
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Plataea (Πλαταιαί) place Q742538
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