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Inventing History

Where does this account of Pausanius come from? Pausanius was recalled by the Spartans at the insistence of the League allies because of his reputed harshness and brutality. At least that is the account given by the leading historians of 5th century Greece (i.e. Meiggs, Rhodes, McGregor, etc.). Where does this account originate from? Stevenmitchell 19:48, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am also confused, since this depiction seems definitely mixed from varying historical accounts. How could he be "suspected" of Persian sympathies while also flaunting Persian dress and customs? Aren't they hand in hand and obvious? Probably two separate sources.Lazarus Plus (talk) 05:42, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is all from Cornelius Nepos' mini-biography of Pausanias from his only surviving work "Lives of Eminent Commanders" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.154.146.146 (talk) 19:48, 1 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Stupid Question by ignoramus

I'm sorry to even ask this, but I just saw the movie 300, and while obviously a fictional account, it place Pausanius at the Battle of Thermopylae. Is there any historical evidence of this? Quigonpaj 16:03, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008

Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 18:54, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

His mother

The most well known part of Pausanias' story is that his mother was the one who brought the first stone when they walled him in the temple. True or not, I'm surprised there's no mention of it — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vampy-Ra the everliving (talkcontribs) 21:12, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]