Pausanias Analysis - Current Sentence Tags 8.2

Chapter 8.2

Passage	Sentence	Bucket	Confidence	Greek	English	Rationale
8.2.1	1	mythic	high	Λυκάων δὲ ὁ Πελασγοῦ τοσάδε εὗρεν ἢ ὁ πατήρ οἱ σοφώτερα·	Lycaon, son of Pelasgus, invented these things, or else his father invented wiser ones.	Refers to Lycaon and Pelasgus, primordial mythic figures and their inventions.
8.2.1	2	mythic	high	Λυκόσουράν τε γὰρ πόλιν ᾤκισεν ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῷ Λυκαίῳ καὶ Δία ὠνόμασε Λυκαῖον καὶ ἀγῶνα ἔθηκε Λύκαια.	For he founded the city Lykosoura on Mount Lykaion, gave Zeus the name Lykaios, and established the festival Lykaia.	Founding of Lykosoura, naming Zeus Lykaios, and establishing the Lykaia are tied to mythic foundation traditions.
8.2.1	3	historical	medium	οὐκέτι δὲ τὰ παρʼ Ἀθηναίοις Παναθήναια τεθῆναι πρότερα ἀποφαίνομαι·	I hold that the Panathenaia, celebrated among the Athenians, were not instituted earlier.	An antiquarian statement about the dating of the Panathenaia, referring to a historical institution rather than mythic event.
8.2.1	4	mythic	high	τούτῳ γὰρ τῷ ἀγῶνι Ἀθήναια ὄνομα ἦν, Παναθήναια δὲ κληθῆναί φασιν ἐπὶ Θησέως, ὅτι ὑπὸ Ἀθηναίων ἐτέθη συνειλεγμένων ἐς μίαν ἁπάντων πόλιν.	This festival formerly bore the name Athenaia; they say that it was called Panathenaia in the time of Theseus because all the Athenians had by then been gathered into a single city.	Names the Panathenaia as being called so in the time of Theseus, a mythic founder figure, and explains the festival’s origin in synoecism under him.
8.2.2	1	mythic	high	ὁ δὲ ἀγὼν ὁ Ὀλυμπικὸς---ἐπανάγουσι γὰρ δὴ αὐτὸν ἐς τὰ ἀνωτέρω τοῦ ἀνθρώπων γένους, Κρόνον καὶ Δία αὐτόθι παλαῖσαι λέγοντες καὶ ὡς Κούρητες δράμοιεν πρῶτοι---τούτων ἕνεκα ἐκτὸς ἔστω μοι τοῦ παρόντος λόγου.	The Olympic contest—for indeed they carry it back into ages earlier than the human race, saying that Cronus and Zeus wrestled there and that the Curetes first ran races—for these reasons let it be aside from my present account.	Mentions Cronus, Zeus, and the Curetes in the remote mythic origins of the Olympic contest.
8.2.2	2	mythic	high	δοκῶ δὲ ἔγωγε Κέκροπι ἡλικίαν τῷ βασιλεύσαντι Ἀθηναίων καὶ Λυκάονι εἶναι τὴν αὐτήν, σοφίᾳ δὲ οὐχ ὁμοίᾳ σφᾶς ἐς τὸ θεῖον χρήσασθαι.	I believe myself that Cecrops, who ruled the Athenians, and Lycaon were contemporaries, although they did not have the same wisdom concerning divine matters.	Cecrops and Lycaon are archaic mythic-era figures; the sentence concerns their supposed contemporaneity and divine wisdom.
8.2.3	1	mythic	medium	ὁ μὲν γὰρ Δία τε ὠνόμασεν Ὕπατον πρῶτος, καὶ ὁπόσα ἔχει ψυχήν, τούτων μὲν ἠξίωσεν οὐδὲν θῦσαι, πέμματα δὲ ἐπιχώρια ἐπὶ τοῦ βωμοῦ καθήγισεν, ἃ πελάνους καλοῦσιν ἔτι καὶ ἐς ἡμᾶς Ἀθηναῖοι·	For he was the first to name Zeus the Supreme, and judged none of the creatures possessing life worthy to be sacrificed to him; rather, he consecrated upon the altar certain local cakes, which the Athenians even to our day call "pelanoi."	Attributing the first naming of Zeus and original cult practice belongs to mythic/etiological tradition.
8.2.3	2	mythic	high	Λυκάων δὲ ἐπὶ τὸν βωμὸν τοῦ Λυκαίου Διὸς βρέφος ἤνεγκεν ἀνθρώπου καὶ ἔθυσε τὸ βρέφος καὶ ἔσπεισεν ἐπὶ τοῦ βωμοῦ τὸ αἷμα, καὶ αὐτὸν αὐτίκα ἐπὶ τῇ θυσίᾳ γενέσθαι λύκον φασὶν ἀντὶ ἀνθρώπου.	But Lycaon brought to the altar of Zeus Lycaeus an infant human, slew the child as a sacrifice, and poured its blood out upon the altar; immediately upon performing the sacrifice, they say, he himself changed from human into a wolf.	Lycaon’s sacrifice of a child and transformation into a wolf are a mythic tale.
8.2.4	1	other	high	καὶ ἐμέ γε ὁ λόγος οὗτος πείθει, λέγεται δὲ ὑπὸ Ἀρκάδων ἐκ παλαιοῦ, καὶ τὸ εἰκὸς αὐτῷ πρόσεστιν.	This account persuades me, for it has been transmitted from ancient times by the Arcadians, and it seems reasonable.	Reports an ancient Arcadian tradition and the narrator's judgment; it is antiquarian/sceptical commentary rather than a mythic event or historical event.
8.2.4	2	mythic	high	οἱ γὰρ δὴ τότε ἄνθρωποι ξένοι καὶ ὁμοτράπεζοι θεοῖς ἦσαν ὑπὸ δικαιοσύνης καὶ εὐσεβείας, καί σφισιν ἐναργῶς ἀπήντα παρὰ τῶν θεῶν τιμή τε οὖσιν ἀγαθοῖς καὶ ἀδικήσασιν ὡσαύτως ἡ ὀργή, ἐπεί τοι καὶ θεοὶ τότε ἐγίνοντο ἐξ ἀνθρώπων, οἳ γέρα καὶ ἐς τόδε ἔτι ἔχουσιν ὡς Ἀρισταῖος καὶ Βριτόμαρτις ἡ Κρητικὴ καὶ Ἡρακλῆς ὁ Ἀλκμήνης καὶ Ἀμφιάραος ὁ Ὀικλέους, ἐπὶ δὲ αὐτοῖς Πολυδεύκης τε καὶ Κάστωρ.	At that time, indeed, men were guests and companions at table to the gods by virtue of their righteousness and piety, and it was clear that honors were given to them from the gods when they were virtuous, just as wrath came to them openly when they acted unjustly.	Refers to an age when humans were companions of the gods and became gods themselves, including mythic figures like Heracles, Amphiarus, Castor, and Polydeuces.
8.2.5	1	mythic	high	οὕτω πείθοιτο ἄν τις καὶ Λυκάονα θηρίον καὶ τὴν Ταντάλου Νιόβην γενέσθαι λίθον.	Thus one might well be persuaded that Lycaon became a beast, and Niobe, daughter of Tantalus, was turned to stone.	Refers to mythic transformations of Lycaon and Niobe.
8.2.5	2	historical	high	ἐπʼ ἐμοῦ δὲ---κακία γὰρ δὴ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ηὔξετο καὶ γῆν τε ἐπενέμετο πᾶσαν καὶ πόλεις πάσας---οὔτε θεὸς ἐγίνετο οὐδεὶς ἔτι ἐξ ἀνθρώπου, πλὴν ὅσον λόγῳ καὶ κολακείᾳ πρὸς τὸ ὑπερέχον,	But in my own day—when indeed wickedness has increased greatly and spread throughout all lands and cities—no one ever becomes a god from among men any longer, except insofar as they are honored through words and flattery toward those in power.	Refers to the speaker's own day and a general present condition, not mythic narrative or geography.
8.2.5	3	mythic	medium	καὶ ἀδίκοις τὸ μήνιμα τὸ ἐκ τῶν θεῶν ὀψέ τε καὶ ἀπελθοῦσιν ἐνθένδε ἀπόκειται.	As for the unjust, the wrath from the gods awaits them, though late, even after they have departed from this life.	Refers to the gods' wrath and its posthumous effect, a mythic/religious moral statement rather than historical or descriptive material.
8.2.6	1	other	high	ἐν δὲ τῷ παντὶ αἰῶνι πολλὰ μὲν πάλαι συμβάντα, τὰ δὲ καὶ ἔτι γινόμενα ἄπιστα εἶναι πεποιήκασιν ἐς τοὺς πολλοὺς οἱ τοῖς ἀληθέσιν ἐποικοδομοῦντες ἐψευσμένα.	Throughout all history, many stories from ancient times, and indeed some events still occurring even now, have been rendered unbelievable to most people by those who add falsehoods onto true facts.	General statement about history and false stories; no specific mythic or historical event.
8.2.6	2	mythic	high	λέγουσι γὰρ δὴ ὡς Λυκάονος ὕστερον ἀεί τις ἐξ ἀνθρώπου λύκος γίνοιτο ἐπὶ τῇ θυσίᾳ τοῦ Λυκαίου Διός, γίνοιτο δὲ οὐκ ἐς ἅπαντα τὸν βίον·	For example, they say that ever since the time of Lycaon, at each sacrifice to Lykaian Zeus, a certain man would always change from a human into a wolf—but not permanently.	The sentence describes the myth of Lycaon and ritual human-to-wolf transformation at Lykaian Zeus.
8.2.6	3	mythic	high	ὁπότε δὲ εἴη λύκος, εἰ μὲν κρεῶν ἀπόσχοιτο ἀνθρωπίνων, ὕστερον ἔτει δεκάτῳ φασὶν αὐτὸν αὖθις ἄνθρωπον ἐκ λύκου γίνεσθαι, γευσάμενον δὲ ἐς ἀεὶ μένειν θηρίον.	Yet, whenever he was a wolf, if he restrained himself from human flesh, in the tenth year afterward he would become human again; but if he tasted it, he remained forever an animal.	Transformation between wolf and human is a mythic metamorphosis.
8.2.7	1	mythic	high	ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ Νιόβην λέγουσιν ἐν Σιπύλῳ τῷ ὄρει θέρους ὥρᾳ κλαίειν.	Similarly, they say Niobe, on Mount Sipylus, weeps during summertime.	Niobe is a mythic figure, and her weeping on Mount Sipylus is the lingering landscape impact of the myth.
8.2.7	2	mythic	high	ἤδη δὲ καὶ ἄλλα ἤκουσα, τοῖς γρυψὶ στίγματα ὁποῖα καὶ ταῖς παρδάλεσιν εἶναι, καὶ ὡς οἱ Τρίτωνες ἀνθρώπου φωνῇ φθέγγοιντο· οἱ δὲ καὶ φυσᾶν διὰ κόχλου τετρυπημένης φασὶν αὐτούς.	Besides this, I have also heard accounts of griffins having spots like those of leopards, and that Tritons utter sounds in human speech; some even say they blow through a pierced conch shell.	Mentions griffins and Tritons, both mythic beings and their attributed behaviors.
8.2.7	3	other	high	ὁπόσοι δὲ μυθολογήμασιν ἀκούοντες ἥδονται, πεφύκασι καὶ αὐτοί τι ἐπιτερατεύεσθαι· καὶ οὕτω τοῖς ἀληθέσιν ἐλυμήναντο, συγκεραννύντες αὐτὰ ἐψευσμένοις.	People who delight in mythical tales naturally tend themselves toward wonders, and thus have corrupted truths by blending them with falsehoods.	General remark about people who enjoy mythical tales; no specific mythic event or historical event is described.