Pausanias Analysis - Current Sentence Tags 2.38

Chapter 2.38

Passage	Sentence	Bucket	Confidence	Greek	English	Rationale
2.38.1	1	historical	high	ἐκ Λέρνης δὲ ἰοῦσιν ἐς Τημένιον—τὸ δὲ Τημένιόν ἐστιν Ἀργείων, ὠνομάσθη δὲ ἀπὸ Τημένου τοῦ Ἀριστομάχου· καταλαβὼν γὰρ καὶ ἐχυρωσάμενος τὸ χωρίον ἐπολέμει σὺν τοῖς Δωριεῦσιν αὐτόθεν τὸν πρὸς Τισαμενὸν καὶ Ἀχαιοὺς πόλεμον—ἐς τοῦτο οὖν τὸ Τημένιον ἰοῦσιν ὅ τε Φρίξος ποταμὸς ἐκδίδωσιν ἐς θάλασσαν.	Going from Lerna toward Temenion—Temenion belongs to the Argives and was named after Temenus, the son of Aristomachus; for Temenus, having seized and fortified the place, waged war from there together with the Dorians against Tisamenus and the Achaeans—in this very Temenion, as one journeys there, the river Phrixus empties into the sea.	Mentions Temenus, Aristomachus, and the Dorian war against Tisamenus/Achaeans, which is a post-Mycenaean historical-legendary foundation tradition tied to the landscape.
2.38.1	2	mythic	high	καὶ Ποσειδῶνος ἱερὸν ἐν Τημενίῳ πεποίηται καὶ Ἀφροδίτης ἕτερον καὶ μνῆμά ἐστι Τημένου τιμὰς ἔχον παρὰ Δωριέων τῶν ἐν Ἄργει.	In Temenion there is a sanctuary of Poseidon and another sanctuary of Aphrodite, as well as the tomb of Temenus, which receives honors from the Dorians who dwell in Argos.	Mentions Temenus’s tomb and honors from the Dorians, a heroic-foundation figure tied to mythic/heroic landscape.
2.38.2	1	other	high	Τημενίου δὲ ἀπέχει Ναυπλία πεντήκοντα ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν σταδίους.	Nauplia lies, as it seems to me, fifty stadia distant from Temenion.	Purely geographical distance statement between places.
2.38.2	2	mythic	high	τὰ μὲν ἐφʼ ἡμῶν ἔρημος, οἰκιστὴς δὲ ἐγένετο αὐτῆς Ναύπλιος Ποσειδῶνος λεγόμενος καὶ Ἀμυμώνης εἶναι.	In our time it is deserted, but its founder is said to have been Nauplius, who was born from Poseidon and Amymone.	The sentence attributes the city's founding to Nauplius, a mythic figure born of Poseidon and Amymone.
2.38.2	3	other	high	λείπεται δὲ καὶ τειχῶν ἔτι ἐρείπια, καὶ Ποσειδῶνος ἱερὸν καὶ λιμένες εἰσὶν ἐν Ναυπλίᾳ καὶ πηγὴ Κάναθος καλουμένη.	Remains of walls still survive, and at Nauplia there is a sanctuary of Poseidon, as well as harbors and a spring called Canathus.	Describes surviving walls, a sanctuary, harbors, and a named spring; topographical and antiquarian, not mythic or historical narrative.
2.38.2	4	mythic	high	ἐνταῦθα τὴν Ἥραν φασὶν Ἀργεῖοι κατὰ ἔτος λουμένην παρθένον γίνεσθαι.	Here, according to Argive tradition, Hera bathes each year and thus renews her virginity.	Describes Hera’s annual bathing and renewal of virginity, a mythic cult tradition affecting the landscape/site.
2.38.3	1	other	high	οὗτος μὲν δή σφισιν ἐκ τελετῆς, ἣν ἄγουσι τῇ Ἥρᾳ, λόγος τῶν ἀπορρήτων ἐστίν·	This indeed is the account of secret matters from the ritual they perform in honor of Hera.	Describes a ritual and secret religious account, not a mythic event or historical event.
2.38.3	2	mythic	high	τὰ δὲ ὑπὸ τῶν ἐν Ναυπλίᾳ λεγόμενα ἐς τὸν ὄνον, ὡς ἐπιφαγὼν ἀμπέλου κλῆμα ἀφθονώτερον ἐς τὸ μέλλον ἀπέφηνε τὸν καρπόν---καὶ ὄνος σφίσιν ἐν πέτρᾳ πεποιημένος διὰ τοῦτό ἐστιν ἅτε ἀμπέλων διδάξας τομήν---, παρίημι οὐκ ἀξιόλογα ἡγούμενος.	But the story told by the people of Nauplia concerning the donkey—that by nibbling excessively on a vine-shoot it revealed for future times a more abundant crop (and for this reason they have a donkey made of stone, commemorating how it taught them vine-pruning)—this story I pass over, considering it not worthy of mention.	Aetiological tale about a donkey teaching vine-pruning, tied to a stone monument; mythic explanation of a landscape feature.
2.38.4	1	other	high	ἔστι δὲ ἐκ Λέρνης καὶ ἑτέρα παρʼ αὐτὴν ὁδὸς τὴν θάλασσαν ἐπὶ χωρίον ὃ Γενέσιον ὀνομάζουσι·	From Lerna there is another road along the sea leading to a place they call Genesium.	A route description from Lerna to a named place; purely geographical/topographical.
2.38.4	2	other	high	πρὸς θαλάσσῃ δὲ τοῦ Γενεσίου Ποσειδῶνος ἱερόν ἐστιν οὐ μέγα.	By the seaside at Genesium is a sanctuary of Poseidon, small in size.	A geographic description of a sanctuary by the sea; no mythic event or historical event is described.
2.38.4	3	mythic	high	τούτου δʼ ἔχεται χωρίον ἄλλο Ἀπόβαθμοι·	Next to this lies another place called Apobathmoi ("the Landing"), where they say Danaus and his daughters first landed on the soil of Argolis.	Apobathmoi is identified by the landing of Danaus and his daughters, a mythic event shaping the place-name.
2.38.4	4	mythic	high	γῆς δὲ ἐνταῦθα πρῶτον τῆς Ἀργολίδος Δαναὸν σὺν ταῖς παισὶν ἀποβῆναι λέγουσιν.	Continuing from there, the route crosses an area named Anigraia, both narrow and otherwise difficult to pass.	Describes Danaus and his daughters first landing in Argolid, a mythic event affecting the landscape.
2.38.4	5	other	high	ἐντεῦθεν διελθοῦσιν Ἀνιγραῖα καλούμενα ὁδὸν καὶ στενὴν καὶ ἄλλως δύσβατον, ἔστιν ἐν ἀριστερᾷ μὲν καθήκουσα ἐπὶ θάλασσαν καὶ δένδρα---ἐλαίας μάλιστα---ἀγαθὴ τρέφειν γῆ, ἰόντι	On one's left, the land slopes downward toward the sea and produces good trees—especially olive trees.	Purely geographic and descriptive: it notes terrain, sea, and tree growth.
2.38.5	1	historical	high	δὲ ἄνω πρὸς τὴν ἤπειρον ἀπʼ αὐτῆς χωρίον ἐστίν, ἔνθα δὴ ἐμαχέσαντο ὑπὲρ τῆς γῆς ταύτης λογάδες Ἀργείων τριακόσιοι πρὸς ἄνδρας Λακεδαιμονίων ἀριθμόν τε ἴσους καὶ ἐπιλέκτους ὁμοίως.	Inland above the city there is a region where once three hundred chosen Argives fought for possession of the land against an equal number of Spartans, likewise selected men.	Describes a battle over territory between Argives and Spartans, a historical event rather than mythic or purely descriptive.
2.38.5	2	historical	high	ἀποθανόντων δὲ ἁπάντων πλὴν ἑνὸς Σπαρτιάτου καὶ δυοῖν Ἀργείων, τοῖς μὲν ἀποθανοῦσιν ἐχώσθησαν ἐνταῦθα οἱ τάφοι.	After they had all fallen except one Spartan and two Argives, tombs were raised there for those who had died.	Describes burial monuments for fallen combatants in a specific post-mythic battle context.
2.38.5	3	historical	high	τὴν χώραν δὲ οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι γενομένου πανδημεί σφισιν ἀγῶνος πρὸς Ἀργείους κρατήσαντες βεβαίως.	Later, the Lacedaemonians, when they had defeated the Argives in a full-scale engagement, firmly secured possession of this territory.	A military victory by the Lacedaemonians over the Argives is a post-mythic historical event affecting control of territory.
2.38.5	4	historical	high	αὐτοί τε παραυτίκα ἐκαρποῦντο καὶ ὕστερον Αἰγινήταις ἔδοσαν ἐκπεσοῦσιν ὑπὸ Ἀθηναίων ἐκ τῆς νήσου.	They themselves cultivated it for a time, and subsequently gave it to the Aeginetans, who had been driven out of their island by the Athenians.	Refers to the Athenians expelling the Aeginetans, a post-mythic historical event affecting possession of the island.
2.38.5	5	historical	high	τὰ δὲ ἐπʼ ἐμοῦ τὴν Θυρεᾶτιν ἐνέμοντο Ἀργεῖοι· φασὶ δὲ ἀνασώσασθαι δίκῃ νικήσαντες.	But in my own time the Argives once again inhabited the Thyreatis, claiming that they had rightfully recovered it by prevailing in a judicial dispute.	Describes Argives in the speaker’s own time reclaiming and inhabiting the Thyreatis through a judicial dispute, so it is a post-500 BC historical event.
2.38.6	1	historical	high	ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν πολυανδρίων ἰόντι Ἀνθήνη τέ ἐστιν, ἐς ἣν Αἰγινῆταί ποτε ᾤκησαν, καὶ ἑτέρα κώμη Νηρίς, τρίτη δὲ Εὔα μεγίστη τῶν κωμῶν·	As one proceeds from the burial-places, there is Anthene, where once the Aeginetans settled, and another village called Neris; then a third, Eva, the largest of these villages.	Describes villages and the Aeginetans' settlement there, a post-archaic historical/topographical notice rather than myth.
2.38.6	2	other	high	καὶ ἱερὸν τοῦ Πολεμοκράτους ἐστὶν ἐν ταύτῃ.	In Eva is a sanctuary of Polemocrates.	A sanctuary located in Eva is a descriptive/geographical notice, not a mythic or historical event.
2.38.6	3	mythic	high	ὁ δὲ Πολεμοκράτης ἐστὶ καὶ οὗτος Μαχάονος υἱός, ἀδελφὸς δὲ Ἀλεξάνορος, καὶ ἰᾶται τοὺς ταύτῃ καὶ τιμὰς παρὰ τῶν προσοίκων ἔχει.	This Polemocrates is himself a son of Machaon and a brother of Alexanor; he heals the people of that district, and receives honors from the neighboring inhabitants.	Polemocrates is identified through heroic genealogy from Machaon, and his healing honors reflect the enduring impact of mythic figures on the locality.
2.38.7	1	other	high	ἀνατείνει δὲ ὑπὲρ τὰς κώμας ὄρος Πάρνων, καὶ Λακεδαιμονίων ἐπʼ αὐτοῦ πρὸς Ἀργείους ὅροι καὶ Τεγεάτας εἰσίν·	Mount Parnon rises above the villages, and upon it lie boundaries which separate the Lacedaemonians from both the Argives and the Tegeans.	Purely geographical description of Mount Parnon and territorial boundaries.
2.38.7	2	other	high	ἑστήκασι δὲ ἐπὶ τοῖς ὅροις Ἑρμαῖ λίθου, καὶ τοῦ χωρίου τὸ ὄνομά ἐστιν ἀπʼ αὐτῶν.	At these boundaries stand stone images of Hermes, from which the place takes its name.	Purely geographical/descriptive: boundary markers of Hermes explain the place-name, with no mythic event or historical event.
2.38.7	3	other	high	ποταμὸς δὲ καλούμενος Τάναος---εἷς γὰρ δὴ οὗτος ἐκ τοῦ Πάρνωνος κάτεισι---ῥέων διὰ τῆς Ἀργείας καὶ ἐκδίδωσιν ἐς τὸν Θυρεάτην κόλπον.	A river called Tanaus—the only one indeed that descends from Mount Parnon—flows through the Argive land and empties into the Thyreatic Gulf.	Geographical description of a river’s course and destination, not a mythic or historical event.