Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.25.10

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Passage 9.25.10: Macedonians struck by thunderbolts in the Cabeiri sanctuary at Thebes.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἀλεξάνδρου δέ, ὡς ἐνίκησε τῇ μάχῃ, Θήβας τε αὐτὰς καὶ σύμπασαν τὴν Θηβαΐδα διδόντος πυρί, ἄνδρες τῶν ἐκ Μακεδονίας ἐλθόντες ἐς τῶν Καβείρων τὸ ἱερὸν ἅτε ἐν γῇ τῇ πολεμίᾳ κεραυνοῖς τε ἐξ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἀστραπαῖς ἐφθάρησαν.

English Translation

But after Alexander had won the battle and was delivering both Thebes itself and the whole of the Theban territory to fire, some men from Macedonia entered the sanctuary of the Cabeiri, being in a hostile land, and were destroyed by thunderbolts and lightning from heaven.

Proper Nouns

Kabeiroi (Κάβειροι) deity
Alexander (Ἀλέξανδρος) person
Thebais (Θηβαΐς) place Q1512820
Thebes (Θῆβαι) place Q11225429
Macedonia (Μακεδονία) place Q83958
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