Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.11.2

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Passage 1.11.2: Sons of Helenus divide his kingdom.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἑλένου δὲ ὡς ἐτελεύτα Μολοσσῷ τῷ Πύρρου παραδόντος τὴν ἀρχὴν Κεστρῖνος μὲν σὺν τοῖς ἐθέλουσιν Ἠπειρωτῶν τὴν ὑπὲρ Θύαμιν ποταμὸν χώραν ἔσχε, Πέργαμος δὲ διαβὰς ἐς τὴν Ἀσίαν Ἄρειον δυναστεύοντα ἐν τῇ Τευθρανίᾳ κτείνει μονομαχήσαντά οἱ περὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς καὶ τῇ πόλει τὸ ὄνομα ἔδωκε τὸ νῦν ἀφʼ αὑτοῦ· καὶ Ἀνδρομάχης---ἠκολούθει γάρ οἱ---καὶ νῦν ἐστιν ἡρῷον ἐν τῇ πόλει. Πίελος δὲ αὐτοῦ κατέμεινεν ἐν Ἠπείρῳ, καὶ ἐς πρόγονον τοῦτον ἀνέβαινε Πύρρος τε ὁ Αἰακίδου καὶ οἱ πατέρες, ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἐς Μολοσσόν.

English Translation

When Helenus died, having delivered authority to Molossus, son of Pyrrhus, Cestrinus, taking with him those Epeirotes who consented, occupied the territory beyond the river Thyamis; Pergamus went into Asia and, having engaged and slain Areius, who ruled in Teuthrania, in single combat over the sovereignty, gave the city its current name after himself. Andromache—for she accompanied him—still has a heroön in the city. Pielus remained behind in Epirus, and from this ancestor, rather than from Molossus, Pyrrhus, the son of Aeacides, and his forefathers derived their lineage.

Proper Nouns

Epirotes (Ἠπειρῶται) other
Also in: 1.11.3
Aeacides (Αἰακίδης) person Q403377
Cestrinus (Κεστρῖνος) person
Also in: 1.11.1 2.23.6
Molossus (Μολοσσός) person
Pergamus (Πέργαμος) person
Also in: 1.11.1 3.20.8
Pielos (Πίελος) person
Also in: 1.11.1
Pyrrhus (Πύρρος) person
Andromache (Ἀνδρομάχη) person
Also in: 1.11.1 2.23.6
Areius (Ἄρειος) person
Helenus (Ἕλενος) person
Thyamis (Θύαμις) place Q1721931
Teuthrania (Τευθρανία) place Q6143711
Also in: 1.4.5
Asia (Ἀσία) place Q210718
Epirus (Ἤπειρος) place Q11266977
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