- Source
- Thucydides. Historiae, Vol 1-2. Jones, Henry Stuart, editor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1910. (1942 printing).
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-23
Pausanias, about to be arrested, escapes to the temple of Athena Chalcioecus after being warned by an ephor. The Spartans blockade him in a building until he is near death, and later, following an oracle, bury him near the temple and dedicate two bronze statues.
ἀκούσαντες δὲ ἀκριβῶς τότε μὲν ἀπῆλθον οἱ ἔφοροι, βεβαίως δὲ ἤδη εἰδότες ἐν τῇ πόλει τὴν ξύλληψιν ἐποιοῦντο. λέγεται δ’ αὐτὸν1 μέλλοντα ξυλληφθήσεσθαι ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, ἑνὸς μὲν τῶν ἐφόρων τὸ πρόσωπον προσιόντος ὡς εἶδε, γνῶναι ἐφ’ ᾧ ἐχώρει, ἄλλου δὲ νεύματι ἀφανεῖ χρησαμένου καὶ δηλώσαντος εὐνοίᾳ πρὸς τὸ ἱερὸν τῆς Χαλκιοίκου χωρῆσαι δρόμῳ καὶ προκαταφυγεῖν· ἦν δ’ ἐγγὺς τὸ τέμενος. καὶ ἐς οἴκημα οὐ μέγα ὃ ἦν τοῦ ἱεροῦ ἐσελθών, ἵνα μὴ ὑπαίθριος ταλαιπωροίη, ἡσύχαζεν.
The ephors, having heard everything accurately, departed for the moment, but now knowing the truth for certain, they prepared to make the arrest in the city. It is said, however, that when he was about to be arrested on the street, seeing the face of one of the ephors as he approached, Pausanias understood for what purpose that ephor was advancing; and because another, out of goodwill, made a secret sign and revealed the situation to him, he ran toward the temple of the Goddess of the Brazen House (Athena Chalcioecus) and took refuge there beforehand; for the sacred precinct was near. Entering a small building which belonged to the temple, so that he might not suffer from being in the open air, he remained quiet.
οἱ δὲ τὸ παραυτίκα μὲν ὑστέρησαν τῇ διώξει, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτο τοῦ τε οἰκήματος τὸν ὄροφον ἀφεῖλον καὶ τὰς θύρας ἔνδον ὄντα τηρήσαντες αὐτὸν καὶ ἀπολαβόντες ἔσω ἀπῳκοδόμησαν, προσκαθεζόμενοί τε ἐξεπολιόρκησαν λιμῷ.
The Spartans, though they were too late in their pursuit at the moment, afterwards took off the roof of the building, and keeping watch on him while he was inside, they blocked the doors, walled him in, and sitting down around it, starved him out.
καὶ μέλλοντος αὐτοῦ ἀποψύχειν ὥσπερ εἶχεν ἐν τῷ οἰκήματι, αἰσθόμενοι ἐξάγουσιν ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ ἔτι ἔμπνουν ὄντα, καὶ ἐξαχθεὶς ἀπέθανε παραχρῆμα.
And just as he was about to expire in the building, in the condition he was in, they noticed it and carried him out of the temple while still breathing; and as soon as he was carried out, he died.
καὶ αὐτὸν ἐμέλλησαν μὲν ἐς τὸν Καιάδαν [οὗπερ τοὺς κακούργους] ἐσβάλλειν· ἔπειτα ἔδοξε πλησίον που κατορύξαι. ὁ δὲ θεὸς ὁ ἐν Δελφοῖς τόν τε τάφον ὕστερον ἔχρησε τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις μετενεγκεῖν οὗπερ ἀπέθανε (καὶ νῦν κεῖται ἐν τῷ προτεμενίσματι, ὃ γραφῇ στῆλαι δηλοῦσι) καὶ ὡς ἄγος αὐτοῖς ὂν τὸ πεπραγμένον2 δύο σώματα ἀνθ’ ἑνὸς τῇ Χαλκιοίκῳ ἀποδοῦναι. οἱ δὲ ποιησάμενοι χαλκοῦς ἀνδριάντας δύο ὡς ἀντὶ Παυσανίου ἀνέθεσαν.
At first they intended to cast him into the Caeadas (the chasm where criminals are thrown), but afterwards they decided to bury him somewhere near. But the god at Delphi later ordered the Lacedaemonians by an oracle to move his tomb to the very place where he died (and he now lies in the area in front of the precinct, as the pillars with inscriptions show), and, since what had been done was a pollution to them, to render two bodies instead of one to the Goddess of the Brazen House. So they had two bronze statues made and dedicated them as a substitute for Pausanias.
- 1.134.1λέγεται δ’ αὐτὸν
An accusative with infinitive construction dependent on the main verb λέγεται, with αὐτόν (Pausanias) as the subject, governing the infinitives γνῶναι, χωρῆσαι, and προκαταφυγεῖν. The genitive absolutes ἑνὸς... προσιόντος and ἄλλου... χρησαμένου... are inserted to describe the circumstances and reasons.
- 1.134.4ὡς ἄγος αὐτοῖς ὂν τὸ πεπραγμένον
An accusative absolute construction with the conjunction ὡς (or a participle construction under ὡς), where τὸ πεπραγμένον is the subject, ἄγος the complement, and ὂν the participle. It means "on the ground that what had been done was a pollution to them," showing the reason or justification given by the oracle.