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Diodorus Siculus · Bibliotheca Historica §14.89.1-14.89.2

Royal Successions in Sparta and Macedonia

Passage 383 of 723 · Greek

Summary

Reports the exile of the Lacedaemonian king Pausanias and the succession of Agesipolis, as well as the assassination of the Macedonian king Pausanias and the accession of Amyntas.

§14.89.1Παυσανίας δὲ ὁ τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων βασιλεὺς ἐγκαλούμενος ὑπὸ τῶν πολιτῶν ἔφυγεν, ἄρξας ἔτη δεκατέτταρα· τὴν δὲ βασιλείαν διαδεξάμενος ὁ υἱὸς Ἀγησίπολις ἦρξε τὸν ἴσον τῷ πατρὶ χρόνον.
Pausanias, the king of the Lacedaemonians, being accused by the citizens, went into exile, having ruled for fourteen years; and his son Agesipolis, having succeeded to the kingship, ruled for a period equal to his father's.
§14.89.2ἐτελεύτησε δὲ καὶ Παυσανίας ὁ τῶν Μακεδόνων βασιλεύς, ἀναιρεθεὶς ὑπὸ Ἀμύντου δόλῳ, ἄρξας ἐνιαυτόν· τὴν δὲ βασιλείαν κατέσχεν Ἀμύντας, καὶ ἦρξεν ἔτη εἴκοσι τέσσαρα.
And Pausanias, the king of the Macedonians, also died, having been slain by Amyntas through treachery, after having ruled for a year; and Amyntas took possession of the kingdom and ruled for twenty-four years.

Notes

  1. §14.89.1τὸν ἴσον τῷ πατρὶ χρόνον — Meaning "a time equal to his father's." `τὸν ἴσον... χρόνον` is an accusative of duration of time meaning "the same amount of time," while the dative `τῷ πατρὶ` is a dative of association/comparison depending on the adjective `ἴσον` ("equal to").
  2. §14.89.2ἀναιρεθεὶς ὑπὸ Ἀμύντου δόλῳ — The aorist passive participle `ἀναιρεθεὶς` of the verb `ἀναιρέω` ("to make away with, kill") is accompanied by the genitive of agent with `ὑπὸ` (`ὑπὸ Ἀμύντου`) and the dative of manner/means `δόλῳ` ("by treachery"), meaning "having been slain by Amyntas through treachery."

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Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica §14.89.1-14.89.2. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.humanitext-grc4:14.89.1-14.89.2

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