# Pausanias — Histories character guide

> Pausanias in Histories by Herodotus.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0010-book-ix-calliope

## Who they are

Spartan regent who marches the allied Greek army out to meet Mardonios, only to find his own caution and the quarrels of his allies as dangerous as the Persians.

## In the story

### [Book IX: Calliope](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/histories_se/chapters/book-ix-calliope)

Greek general on the right wing; convenes the generals to discuss the crisis of water shortage and cavalry attacks, and plans the move to the Island.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/histories_se/chapters/endnotes)

Mentioned in a note about the battle of Plataea.

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