http://wiki.phantis.com/index.php?title=Pausanias_(general)&feed=atom&action=historyPausanias (general) - Revision history2024-03-29T09:12:28ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.32.0http://wiki.phantis.com/index.php?title=Pausanias_(general)&diff=46126&oldid=prevIrlandos: /* The curse of the Goddess of the Brazen House */2011-11-22T14:07:33Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">The curse of the Goddess of the Brazen House</span></span></p>
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</table>Irlandoshttp://wiki.phantis.com/index.php?title=Pausanias_(general)&diff=46125&oldid=prevIrlandos at 14:05, November 22, 20112011-11-22T14:05:17Z<p></p>
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</table>Irlandoshttp://wiki.phantis.com/index.php?title=Pausanias_(general)&diff=46124&oldid=prevIrlandos at 14:04, November 22, 20112011-11-22T14:04:58Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Pausanias''' (Greek = <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&#928;&#945;&#965;&#963;&#945;&#957;&#953;&#945;&#962;</del>) was a [[Sparta|Spartan]] general of the [[5th century BC]]. He was the nephew of [[Leonidas I]] and served as regent after his uncle's death, as Leonidas' son, [[Pleistarchus]], was still under-age. He was responsible for the [[Greece|Greek]] victory over [[Mardonius]] and the Persians at the [[Battle of Plataea]] in [[479 BC]], and was the leader of the Hellenic League created to resist Persian aggression during the [[Greco-Persian Wars]]. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Pausanias''' (<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Greek <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">language|Greek]] Παυσανίας</ins>= ) was a [[Sparta|Spartan]] general of the [[5th century BC]]. He was the nephew of [[Leonidas I]] and served as regent after his uncle's death, as Leonidas' son, [[Pleistarchus]], was still under-age. He was responsible for the [[Greece|Greek]] victory over [[Mardonius]] and the Persians at the [[Battle of Plataea]] in [[479 BC]], and was the leader of the Hellenic League created to resist Persian aggression during the [[Greco-Persian Wars]]. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the Greek victories at Plataea and the [[Battle of Mycale]], the Spartans lost interest in liberating the Greek cities of [[Asia Minor]]. However, when it became clear that Athens would dominate the Hellenic League in Sparta's absence, Sparta sent Pausanias back to command the League's military. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After the Greek victories at Plataea and the [[Battle of Mycale]], the Spartans lost interest in liberating the Greek cities of [[Asia Minor]]. However, when it became clear that <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Athens<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>would dominate the Hellenic League in Sparta's absence, Sparta sent Pausanias back to command the League's military. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</del>The curse of the Goddess of the Brazen House<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''; in </del>[[478 BC]] Pausanias, the Spartan regent, was suspected of conspiring with the Persians and was recalled to Sparta, however he was acquitted and then left Sparta of his own accord, taking a [[trireme]] from the town of [[Ermioni|Hermione]]. After capturing [[Byzantium]] Pausanias released some of the prisoners of war who were friends and relations of the king of Persia, he made out that the prisoners had escaped. He sent a letter to the King, [[Xerxes]] (son of [[Darius]]), saying that he wished to do him favours and that he wished to marry the King’s daughter and help to bring Sparta and Greece under Persian control. After receiving a letter back from Xerxes in which he agreed to his plans, Pausanias started to dress and act in a Persian way. Many Spartan allies joined the Athenian side because of Pausanias’ arrogance and high-handedness. The Spartans recalled him once again, and Pausanias returned because he didn’t wish to be suspected of Persian sympathies<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, on </del>his arrival in Sparta the ephors had him imprisoned but he was later released. Nobody had enough evidence to convict a member of the royal family; even though some [[Helots]] gave evidence that he had offered certain <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Helots </del>their freedom if they joined him in revolt. One of the messengers that Xerxes and Pausanias had been using to communicate opened <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the </del>letter and provided almost all the evidence that the Spartan ephors needed. Later they eavesdropped on Pausanias to ensure that the evidence was accurate<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, having </del>decided that it was they planned to arrest Pausanias in the street but he was tipped off and escaped by running to the temple of the Goddess of the Brazen House. The ephors walled up the doors, put sentries outside and proceeded to starve him out. When Pausanias was on the brink of death they carried him out and, as soon as he was brought outside, he died. After burying him nearby, the god at [[Delphi]], [[Apollo]], told the Spartans to move Pausanias’ tomb to the place where he died. ([[Thucydides]] 1.128-136) [[Cimon]] and the [[Athens|Athenians]] then became the leaders of the Hellenic League, which gave them the clout necessary to create the [[Delian League]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==</ins>The curse of the Goddess of the Brazen House<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">== </ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">In </ins>[[478 BC]] Pausanias, the Spartan regent, was suspected of conspiring with the Persians and was recalled to Sparta, however he was acquitted and then left Sparta of his own accord, taking a [[trireme]] from the town of [[Ermioni|Hermione]]. </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After capturing [[Byzantium]] Pausanias released some of the prisoners of war who were friends and relations of the king of Persia, he made out that the prisoners had escaped. He sent a letter to the King, [[Xerxes]] (son of [[Darius]]), saying that he wished to do him favours and that he wished to marry the King’s daughter and help to bring Sparta and Greece under Persian control. </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After receiving a letter back from Xerxes in which he agreed to his plans, Pausanias started to dress and act in a Persian way. Many Spartan allies joined the Athenian side because of Pausanias’ arrogance and high-handedness. The Spartans recalled him once again, and Pausanias returned because he didn’t wish to be suspected of Persian sympathies<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">On </ins>his arrival in Sparta the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>ephors<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>had him imprisoned but he was later released. Nobody had enough evidence to convict a member of the royal family; even though some [[Helots]] gave evidence that he had offered certain <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of them </ins>their freedom if they joined him in revolt. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One of the messengers that Xerxes and Pausanias had been using to communicate<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>opened <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a </ins>letter and provided almost all the evidence that the Spartan ephors needed. Later<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>they eavesdropped on Pausanias to ensure that the evidence was accurate<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Having </ins>decided that it was<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>they planned to arrest Pausanias in the street but he was tipped off and escaped by running to the temple of the Goddess of the Brazen House. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The ephors walled up the doors, put sentries outside and proceeded to starve him out. When Pausanias was on the brink of death they carried him out and, as soon as he was brought outside, he died. After burying him nearby, the god at [[Delphi]], [[Apollo]], told the Spartans to move Pausanias’ tomb to the place where he died. ([[Thucydides]] 1.128-136) [[Cimon]] and the [[Athens|Athenians]] then became the leaders of the Hellenic League, which gave them the clout necessary to create the [[Delian League]].</div></td></tr>
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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Pausanias''' (Greek = &#928;&#945;&#965;&#963;&#945;&#957;&#953;&#945;&#962;) was a [[Sparta|Spartan]] general of the [[5th century BC]]. He was the nephew of [[Leonidas I]] and served as regent after his uncle's death, as Leonidas' son, [[Pleistarchus]], was still under-age. He was responsible for the [[Greece|Greek]] victory over [[Mardonius]] and the Persians at the [[Battle of Plataea]] in [[479 BC]], and was the leader of the Hellenic League created to resist Persian aggression during the [[Greco-Persian Wars]]. <br />
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After the Greek victories at Plataea and the [[Battle of Mycale]], the Spartans lost interest in liberating the Greek cities of [[Asia Minor]]. However, when it became clear that Athens would dominate the Hellenic League in Sparta's absence, Sparta sent Pausanias back to command the League's military. <br />
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''The curse of the Goddess of the Brazen House''; in [[478 BC]] Pausanias, the Spartan regent, was suspected of conspiring with the Persians and was recalled to Sparta, however he was acquitted and then left Sparta of his own accord, taking a [[trireme]] from the town of [[Ermioni|Hermione]]. After capturing [[Byzantium]] Pausanias released some of the prisoners of war who were friends and relations of the king of Persia, he made out that the prisoners had escaped. He sent a letter to the King, [[Xerxes]] (son of [[Darius]]), saying that he wished to do him favours and that he wished to marry the King’s daughter and help to bring Sparta and Greece under Persian control. After receiving a letter back from Xerxes in which he agreed to his plans, Pausanias started to dress and act in a Persian way. Many Spartan allies joined the Athenian side because of Pausanias’ arrogance and high-handedness. The Spartans recalled him once again, and Pausanias returned because he didn’t wish to be suspected of Persian sympathies, on his arrival in Sparta the ephors had him imprisoned but he was later released. Nobody had enough evidence to convict a member of the royal family; even though some [[Helots]] gave evidence that he had offered certain Helots their freedom if they joined him in revolt. One of the messengers that Xerxes and Pausanias had been using to communicate opened the letter and provided almost all the evidence that the Spartan ephors needed. Later they eavesdropped on Pausanias to ensure that the evidence was accurate, having decided that it was they planned to arrest Pausanias in the street but he was tipped off and escaped by running to the temple of the Goddess of the Brazen House. The ephors walled up the doors, put sentries outside and proceeded to starve him out. When Pausanias was on the brink of death they carried him out and, as soon as he was brought outside, he died. After burying him nearby, the god at [[Delphi]], [[Apollo]], told the Spartans to move Pausanias’ tomb to the place where he died. ([[Thucydides]] 1.128-136) [[Cimon]] and the [[Athens|Athenians]] then became the leaders of the Hellenic League, which gave them the clout necessary to create the [[Delian League]].<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.livius.org Livius], [http://www.livius.org/pan-paz/pausanias/pausanias.html Pausanias] by Jona Lendering<br />
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