Pausanias, Description of Greece, ed. W. H. S. Jones, ed. H. A. Ormerod, ed. Gregory Nagy, 1.37.5

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[5] Of the tombs, the largest and most beautiful are that of a Rhodian who settled in Athens, and the one made by the Macedonian Harpalos, who ran away from Alexander and crossed with a fleet from Asia to Europe. On his arrival in Athens he was arrested by the citizens, but ran away after bribing among others the friends of Alexander. But before this he married Pythonikē, whose family I do not know, but she was a courtesan in Athens and in Corinth. His love for her was so great that when she died he made her a tomb [ mnēma] which is of all the old tombs of the Greeks [ Hellēnes] the most worthy of viewing [ théā]. .

Description of Greece. Pausanias. ed. W. H. S. Jones, ed. H. A. Ormerod, ed. Gregory Nagy. . .

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Ἑλλάδος Περιηγήσεως Perseus (Pausanias. Pausaniae Graeciae descriptio, Volumes 1-3. Spiro, Friedrich, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1903.) — 1.37.5 focus

[5] μνημάτων δὲ ἃ μάλιστα ἐς μέγεθος καὶ κόσμον ἥκει, τὸ μὲν ἀνδρός ἐστι Ῥοδίου μετοικήσαντος ἐς Ἀθήνας, τὸ δὲ Ἅρπαλος Μακεδὼν ἐποίησεν, ὃς Ἀλέξανδρον ἀποδρὰς ἐκ τῆς Ἀσίας διέβη ναυσὶν ἐς τὴν Εὐρώπην, ἀφικόμενος δὲ παρʼ Ἀθηναίους ὑπʼ αὐτῶν συνελήφθη, διαφθείρας δὲ χρήμασιν ἄλλους τε καὶ τοὺς
Ἀλεξάνδρου φίλους ἀπέδρα, πρότερον δὲ ἔτι Πυθ ιονίκην ἔγημε, γένος μὲν οὐκ οἶδα ὁπόθεν, ἑταιροῦσαν δὲ ἔν τε Ἀθήναις καὶ ἐν Κορίνθῳ· ταύτης ἐς τοσοῦτον ἔρωτος προῆλθεν ὡς καὶ μνῆμα ἀποθανούσης ποιῆσαι πάντων ὁπόσα Ἕλλησίν ἐστιν ἀρχαῖα θέας μάλιστα ἄξιον.

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Description of Greece Perseus (Pausanias. Pausanias Description of Greece, Volumes 1-4. Jones, W.H.S. (William Henry Samuel), translator; Ormerod, Henry Arderne, translator. London, New York: W. Heinemann, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1918-1935.) — 1.37.5 focus

[5] Of the tombs, the largest and most beautiful are that of a Rhodian who settled at Athens , and the one made by the Macedonian Harpalus, who ran away from Alexander and crossed with a fleet from Asia to Europe . On his arrival at Athens he was arrested by the citizens, but ran away after bribing among others the friends of Alexander. But before this he married Pythonice, whose family I do not know, but she was a courtesan at Athens and at Corinth . His love for her was so great that when she died he made her a tomb which is the most noteworthy of all the old Greek tombs.

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