Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.7.6

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Passage 9.7.6: Thebes' decline and the restoration of its sacred land.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ταῦτα μὲν δὴ διένειμε τῇ στρατιᾷ, τοῖς θεοῖς δὲ ἀντέδωκεν ἀντὶ τῶν χρημάτων γῆς τὴν ἡμίσειαν τῆς Θηβαΐδος. τὴν μὲν δὴ ἀφαίρετον χώραν ὕστερον Ῥωμαίων χάριτι ἀνεσώσαντο οἱ Θηβαῖοι, τὰ δὲ ἄλλα ἐς τὸ ἀσθενέστατον ἀπʼ ἐκείνου προήχθησαν· καί σφισιν ἡ μὲν κάτω πόλις πᾶσα ἔρημος ἦν ἐπʼ ἐμοῦ πλὴν τὰ ἱερά, τὴν δὲ ἀκρόπολιν οἰκοῦσι Θήβας καὶ οὐ Καδμείαν καλουμένην.

English Translation

These, then, he distributed among the army, but as for the money due to the gods, in exchange he gave them half of the Theban territory. Afterwards the Thebans recovered this sacred land, which could not be taken away, due to the favor of the Romans; but in all other respects they declined from that time onward to the weakest condition. In my own day, indeed, the lower city was entirely deserted, except for its sanctuaries; but the acropolis was inhabited, and is called Thebes rather than Cadmeia.

Proper Nouns

gods (θεοί) deity
Thebans (Θηβαῖοι) person
Romans (Ῥωμαῖοι) person
Thebais (Θηβαΐς) place Q1512820
Thebes (Θῆβαι) place Q11225429
Cadmeia (Καδμεία) place Q1276854
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