Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.32.5

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Passage 9.32.5: Lysander's death and tomb at Haliartus.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

ἀπὸ δὲ Θεσπίας ἰόντι ἄνω πρὸς ἤπειρον ἔστιν Ἁλίαρτος. ὅστις δὲ Ἁλιάρτου γέγονε καὶ Κορωνείας οἰκιστής, οὔ με ἀπὸ τῶν ἐς Ὀρχομενίους ἐχόντων εἰκὸς ἦν χωρίζειν· κατὰ δὲ τὴν ἐπιστρατείαν τοῦ Μήδου φρονήσασιν Ἁλιαρτίοις τὰ Ἑλλήνων μοῖρα τῆς Ξέρξου στρατιᾶς γῆν τέ σφισιν ὁμοῦ καὶ τὴν πόλιν ἐπεξῆλθε καίουσα. ἐν Ἁλιάρτῳ δέ ἐστι Λυσάνδρου τοῦ Λακεδαιμονίου μνῆμα· προσβαλὼν γὰρ τῷ Ἁλιάρτῳ πρὸς τὸ τεῖχος στρατιᾶς ἔκ τε Θηβῶν ἐνούσης ἔνδον καὶ ἐξ Ἀθηνῶν καὶ ἐπεξελθόντων τῶν πολεμίων ἔπεσεν ἐν τῇ μάχῃ.

English Translation

From Thespiae, as you move inland toward the interior, lies Haliartus. Concerning whoever founded Haliartus and Coroneia, I ought not to have separated their history from that of Orchomenus. When the Persian invasion occurred, because the Haliartians had sided with the Greek cause, a portion of Xerxes’ army advanced against their land and city and destroyed them by fire. At Haliartus there is the tomb of Lysander the Spartan. When Lysander had led an attack upon Haliartus, at whose wall was stationed a force from Thebes, and Athenians as well, the enemy made a sortie, and Lysander fell in the battle.

Proper Nouns

Lacedaemonian (Λακεδαιμόνιος) person
Lysander (Λύσανδρος) person
Mede (Μῆδος) person
Xerxes (Ξέρξης) person
the Haliartians (Ἁλιαρτίοι) person
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Thespiae (Θεσπιαί) place Q1141295
Thebes (Θῆβαι) place Q11225429
Koroneia (Κορώνεια) place Q593295
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
Haliartos (Ἁλίαρτος) place Q359627
Orchomenus (Ὀρχομενός) place Q13574822
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