Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.6.3

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Passage 9.6.3: Theban victory at Delium; Athenian general Hippocrates slain

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ὕστερον μέντοι καὶ Θηβαίοις νίκη κατʼ Ἀθηναίων ἐπὶ Δηλίῳ τῷ Ταναγραίων ἐγένετο, καὶ Ἱπποκράτης τε ὁ Ἀρίφρονος, ὃς στρατηγὸς ἦν Ἀθηναίοις, καὶ τῆς ἄλλης στρατιᾶς τὸ πολὺ ἔπεσε. Λακεδαιμονίοις δὲ παραυτίκα μὲν ἀπελθόντος τοῦ Μήδου καὶ ἄχρι τοῦ Πελοποννησίων πρὸς Ἀθηναίους πολέμου τὰ ἐκ Θηβῶν εἶχεν ἐπιτηδείως· διαπολεμηθέντος δὲ τοῦ πολέμου καὶ Ἀθηναίοις καταλυθέντος τοῦ ναυτικοῦ, μετʼ οὐ πολὺ Θηβαῖοι μετὰ Κορινθίων ἐς τὸν πρὸς Λακεδαιμονίους πόλεμον προήχθησαν.

English Translation

Later, however, the Thebans also gained a victory over the Athenians at Delium in the territory of Tanagra; here Hippocrates, son of Ariphron, who was the general of the Athenians, fell, along with the greater part of the army. For the Lacedaemonians, immediately after the departure of the Persian and until the war between the Peloponnesians and Athenians, relations with Thebes were favorable. But once this war had been fought out and the naval power of Athens destroyed, the Thebans, not long after, entered into war against the Lacedaemonians alongside the Corinthians.

Proper Nouns

Thebans (Θηβαῖοι) person
Corinthians (Κορίνθιοι) person
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Medus (Μήδος) person
Also in: 6.2.1
Peloponnesians (Πελοποννήσιοι) person
Tanagraeans (Ταναγραῖοι) person
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Ariphron (Ἀρίφρων) person
Also in: 3.6.1 3.7.9 8.52.3
Hippokrates (Ἱπποκράτης) person
Delium (Δῆλιος) place Q1184284
Thebes (Θῆβαι) place Q11225429
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