Messenians

First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 5

Life events

• Aristomenes assembled about 300 picked men who raided Lacedæmonian territory for provisions and captives.(Book 4 · Chapter 18 · 📍 Laconia)
  • With: Aristomenes
  • “And Aristomenes got together some picked men in number about 300. They harried and carried off from the Lacedæmonians whatever they could, corn and flocks and wine, but furniture and human beings they ransomed for money.”
• Aristomenes seized and plundered Amyclæ before escaping before Spartan reinforcements arrived.(Book 4 · Chapter 18 · 📍 Amyclæ)
  • With: Aristomenes
  • “And Aristomenes with his picked men made a sally when the night was considerably advanced, and stole a march upon the enemy by getting to Amyclæ before daybreak, and seized the fort and plundered Amyclæ, and was off again before help could come from Sparta.”
• The Acarnanians abandoned their march on Naupactus and besieged the Messenians at Œniadæ.(Book 4 · Chapter 25 · 📍 Œniadæ)
  • With: Acarnanians
  • “So they changed their plan with alacrity, and marched against the Messenians at Œniadæ. And they began to lay siege to the town:”
• The Messenians escaped Œniadæ, suffered heavy losses, and reached Naupactus with Ætolian assistance.(Book 4 · Chapter 25 · 📍 Naupactus)
  • With: Acarnanians Ætolians
  • “But about the time of first sleep they quietly slipped out of Œniadæ, and being compelled to fight their way through directly the Acarnanians got to know of this flitting, lost about 300 but killed a still greater number of the enemy, and most of them succeeded in cutting their way through, and by the assistance of the Ætolians who were friendly to them got safe to Naupactus.”

Book 8 · Chapter 5

• with Aristocrates (grandson) (betrayal) “for he too was stoned to death by the Arcadians, who detected him receiving bribes from Lacedæmon, and betraying the Messenians at the great reverse they met with at the Great Trench.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.