Pausanias Analysis - Current Sentence Tags 8.1

Chapter 8.1

Passage	Sentence	Bucket	Confidence	Greek	English	Rationale
8.1.1	1	other	high	Ἀρκάδων δὲ τὰ πρὸς τῆς Ἀργείας Τεγεᾶταί τε ἔχουσι καὶ Μαντινεῖς, νέμονται δὲ οὗτοί τε καὶ τὸ ἄλλο Ἀρκαδικὸν τὸ μεσόγαιον τῆς Πελοποννήσου.	The territory of the Arcadians towards Argolis is possessed by the Tegeans and Mantineans, and these, along with the rest of Arcadia, occupy the inland region of the Peloponnese.	Purely geographical description of Arcadian territories and settlement.
8.1.1	2	other	high	Κορίνθιοι γὰρ οἰκοῦσιν ἐπὶ τῷ ἰσθμῷ πρῶτοι·	The Corinthians dwell first on the Isthmus.	A straightforward geographical statement about where the Corinthians live on the Isthmus.
8.1.1	3	other	high	Κορινθίοις δὲ τὰ πρὸς θαλάσσης εἰσὶν Ἐπιδαύριοι γείτονες· τὰ δὲ ἐς Ἐπίδαυρον καὶ Τροιζῆνά τε καὶ Ἑρμιόνα ὁ κόλπος ἐστὶν ὁ Ἀργολικὸς καὶ ὅσα ἐπιθαλάσσια τῆς Ἀργείας·	Their neighbors on the seacoast are the Epidaurians; and the gulf known as the Argolic Gulf extends along Epidaurus, Troezen, Hermione, and all the seacoast parts of Argolis.	Purely geographical description of neighboring regions and the Argolic Gulf.
8.1.1	4	other	high	ταύτης δὲ ἔχονται τῆς χώρας Λακεδαιμονίων περίοικοι, τούτοις δὲ ὅμορος ἡ Μεσσηνία·	Bordering this region are the Perioeci of the Lacedaemonians, who in turn neighbor Messenia.	Purely geographical/border description of neighboring regions.
8.1.1	5	other	high	καταβαίνει γὰρ μέχρι θαλάσσης ἐς Μοθώνην καὶ Πύλον καὶ ἐπὶ Κυπαρισσιάς.	For Messenia stretches down to the sea at Methone, Pylos, and Cyparissiae.	Purely geographical description of Messenia's extent to the coast.
8.1.2	1	other	high	τὰ δὲ πρὸς Λεχαίου Κορινθίοις Σικυώνιοι προσοικοῦσιν ἔσχατοι ταύτῃ μοίρας τῆς Ἀργολίδος·	Next to Lechaeum, the Sicyonians are neighbors of the Corinthians, being at this point the farthest settlement within the region of Argolis.	Purely geographical description of neighbors and regional boundaries.
8.1.2	2	other	high	μετὰ δὲ Σικυῶνα Ἀχαιοὶ τὸ ἐντεῦθέν εἰσιν οἱ παρὰ τὸν αἰγιαλὸν οἰκοῦντες·	Beyond Sicyon, along the coast, dwell the Achaeans.	Purely geographical and route description of the Achaeans' coastal location.
8.1.2	3	other	high	τὸ δὲ ἕτερον Πελοποννήσου πέρας τὸ ἀπαντικρὺ τῶν Ἐχινάδων οἰκοῦσιν Ἠλεῖοι·	At the opposite boundary of the Peloponnese, directly facing the islands of Echinades, are the Eleans.	Purely geographical description of the Peloponnese and Echinades, with no mythic or historical event.
8.1.2	4	other	high	τῆς δὲ γῆς τῆς Ἠλείας κατὰ μὲν Ὀλυμπίαν καὶ τοῦ Ἀλφειοῦ τὰς ἐκβολὰς πρὸς τὴν Μεσσηνίαν εἰσὶν ὅροι, τὰ δὲ πρὸς Ἀχαΐαν Δυμαίων εἰσὶν ὅμοροι.	Concerning the land of Elis, its boundaries toward Messenia are situated near Olympia and the outlets of the Alpheios; toward Achaia, the Eleans border upon the territory of Dyme.	Purely geographical boundary description of Elis; no mythic or historical event.
8.1.3	1	other	high	τούτων τῶν κατειλεγμένων καθηκόντων ἐπὶ θάλασσαν Ἀρκάδες τὸ ἐντὸς οἰκοῦσιν ἀποκλειόμενοι θαλάσσης πανταχόθεν·	Of these enumerated peoples who dwell upon the sea, the Arcadians alone inhabit an inland region, completely cut off from the sea on every side.	Geographical description of Arcadia’s inland location, not a mythic or historical event.
8.1.3	2	mythic	high	ὅθεν σφᾶς καὶ Ὅμηρος ἀφικέσθαι φησὶν ἐς Τροίαν παρʼ Ἀγαμέμνονος πλοῖα εἰληφότας καὶ οὐχὶ ναυσὶν οἰκείαις.	On this account even Homer says that they came to Troy on ships provided by Agamemnon, and not on vessels of their own.	Refers to Homeric account of the Achaeans sailing to Troy, a mythic event.
8.1.4	1	mythic	high	φασὶ δὲ Ἀρκάδες ὡς Πελασγὸς γένοιτο ἐν τῇ γῇ ταύτῃ πρῶτος.	The Arcadians say that Pelasgos was the first to be born in this land.	Pelasgos is a primordial mythic ancestor/first-born figure tied to the land.
8.1.4	2	mythic	medium	εἰκὸς δὲ ἔχει τοῦ λόγου καὶ ἄλλους ὁμοῦ τῷ Πελασγῷ μηδὲ αὐτὸν Πελασγὸν γενέσθαι μόνον·	Yet it is reasonable to believe that others were born along with Pelasgos, and that he himself was not alone.	Refers to Pelasgos, a mythic ancestral figure, and comments on his companions at his birth.
8.1.4	3	mythic	medium	ποίων γὰρ ἂν καὶ ἦρχεν ὁ Πελασγὸς ἀνθρώπων;	For otherwise, over what men would Pelasgos have ruled?	Refers to Pelasgos, a mythic king, and the sentence concerns his rule in the mythic past.
8.1.4	4	mythic	medium	μεγέθει μέντοι καὶ κατὰ ἀλκὴν καὶ κάλλος προεἶχεν ὁ Πελασγὸς καὶ γνώμην ὑπὲρ τοὺς ἄλλους ἦν, καὶ τούτων ἕνεκα αἱρεθῆναί μοι δοκεῖ βασιλεύειν ὑπʼ αὐτῶν.	Nevertheless, Pelasgos excelled the others in stature, strength, and beauty, and also surpassed all in judgment.	Pelasgos is a legendary ancestral figure; this is characterizing a mythic king rather than a historical event or mere description.
8.1.4	5	other	high	πεποίηται δὲ καὶ Ἀσίῳ τοιάδε ἐς αὐτόν·	It seems to me that for these reasons he was chosen by them to be their king.	A brief explanatory/antiquarian statement about Asius and kingship, with no mythic event or post-500 BC historical event.
8.1.4	6	mythic	high	Ἀντίθεον δὲ Πελασγὸν ἐν ὑψικόμοισιν ὄρεσσι γαῖα μέλαινʼ ἀνέδωκεν, ἵνα θνητῶν γένος εἴη.	Concerning him, Asios has composed verses such as these:	Refers to mythic ancestry/earth-born origin of Pelasgus, a legendary figure.
8.1.5	1	mythic	high	Πελασγὸς δὲ βασιλεύσας τοῦτο μὲν ποιήσασθαι καλύβας ἐπενόησεν, ὡς μὴ ῥιγοῦν τε καὶ ὕεσθαι τοὺς ἀνθρώπους μηδὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ καύματος ταλαιπωρεῖν·	Pelagos, when king, devised the making of huts, so that mankind might neither suffer from the cold nor be drenched by rain nor troubled by fierce heat.	Pelasgus is a primeval/mythic king and the sentence explains a culture-origin invention affecting human life.
8.1.5	2	other	high	τοῦτο δὲ τοὺς χιτῶνας τοὺς ἐκ τῶν δερμάτων τῶν οἰῶν, οἷς καὶ νῦν περί τε Εὔβοιαν ἔτι χρῶνται καὶ ἐν τῇ Φωκίδι ὁπόσοι βίου σπανίζουσιν, οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἐξευρών.	It was he also who invented tunics fashioned from the skins of sheep, garments still worn today around Euboea and in Phocis by all who endure poverty.	An antiquarian description of an invention and contemporary local dress, not a mythic or historical event.
8.1.5	3	mythic	high	καὶ δὴ καὶ τῶν φύλλων τὰ ἔτι χλωρὰ καὶ πόας τε καὶ ῥίζας οὐδὲ ἐδωδίμους, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὀλεθρίους ἐνίας σιτουμένους τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τούτων μὲν ἔπαυσεν ὁ Πελασγός·	Moreover, Pelasgos stopped people from eating green leaves, grasses, and roots, some of which were not only inedible but even deadly.	Pelasgos is a mythic/legendary figure, and the sentence describes a mythic origin story affecting human practices.
8.1.6	1	other	high	ὁ δὲ τὸν καρπὸν τῶν δρυῶν οὔτι που πασῶν, ἀλλὰ τὰς βαλάνους τῆς φηγοῦ τροφὴν ἐξεῦρεν εἶναι.	He discovered as food the fruit, not indeed of every oak, but specifically the acorns of the phegos oak.	Describes a practical identification of edible oak acorns; geographical/antiquarian detail, not mythic or historical event.
8.1.6	2	mythic	high	παρέμεινέ τε ἐνίοις ἐς τοσοῦτο ἀπὸ Πελασγοῦ τούτου ἡ δίαιτα, ὡς καὶ τὴν Πυθίαν, ἡνίκα Λακεδαιμονίοις γῆς τῆς Ἀρκάδων ἀπηγόρευεν ἅπτεσθαι, καὶ τάδε εἰπεῖν τὰ ἔπη· πολλοὶ ἐν Ἀρκαδίῃ βαλανηφάγοι ἄνδρες ἔασιν, οἵ σʼ ἀποκωλύσουσιν· ἐγὼ δέ τοι οὔ τι μεγαίρω.	Among certain peoples, this diet persisted for so long after Pelasgos that even the Pythian priestess, when forbidding the Lacedaemonians from touching the land of the Arcadians, uttered these verses: "Many are the acorn-eating men dwelling in Arcadia, Who shall hinder you; yet I begrudge you nothing."	Refers to Pelasgos and a Delphic oracle, both in the mythic sphere, and explains a mythic origin/tradition rather than a historical event.
8.1.6	3	mythic	high	Πελασγοῦ δὲ βασιλεύοντος γενέσθαι καὶ τῇ χώρᾳ Πελασγίαν φασὶν ὄνομα.	During the reign of Pelasgos, they say, the region itself came to be named Pelasgia.	Names the region after Pelasgos, a legendary figure; this is mythic etiology for the landscape.