Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.19.3

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Passage 1.19.3: Sanctuary of Heracles at Cynosarges, with altars to Hebe, Alcmena, and Iolaus

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἔστι δὲ Ἡρακλέους ἱερὸν καλούμενον Κυνόσαργες· καὶ τὰ μὲν ἐς τὴν κύνα εἰδέναι τὴν λευκὴν ἐπιλεξαμένοις ἔστι τὸν χρησμόν, βωμοὶ δέ εἰσιν Ἡρακλέους τε καὶ Ἥβης, ἣν Διὸς παῖδα οὖσαν συνοικεῖν Ἡρακλεῖ νομίζουσιν· Ἀλκμήνης τε βωμὸς καὶ Ἰολάου πεποίηται, ὃς τὰ πολλὰ Ἡρακλεῖ συνεπόνησε τῶν ἔργων. Λύκειον δὲ ἀπὸ μὲν Λύκου τοῦ Πανδίονος ἔχει τὸ ὄνομα, Ἀπόλλωνος δὲ ἱερὸν ἐξ ἀρχῆς τε εὐθὺς καὶ καθʼ ἡμᾶς ἐνομίζετο, Λύκ ε ιός τε ὁ θεὸς ἐνταῦθα ὠνομάσθη πρῶτον· λέγεται δὲ ὅτι καὶ Τερμίλαις, ἐς οὓς ἦλθεν ὁ Λύκος φεύγων Αἰγέα, καὶ τούτοις αἴτιός ἐστι Λυκίους ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ καλεῖσθαι.

English Translation

There is a sanctuary of Heracles called Cynosarges. Those who have chosen to consider the oracle may learn what concerns the white dog. There are altars to Heracles and to Hebe, who is considered a daughter of Zeus and is believed to dwell with Heracles; there are also altars dedicated to Alcmena and to Iolaus, who labored with Heracles in most of his exploits. The Lyceum got its name from Lycus, the son of Pandion, but originally and still in our day it is regarded as a sanctuary of Apollo; it was here that this god was first called Lyceius. It is also said that Lycus, fleeing from Aegeus, came to the Termilae, and that it is due to him that the Termilae changed their name to Lycians.

Proper Nouns

Zeus (Ζεύς) deity
Lykeios (Λύκειος) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) deity
Hebe (Ἥβη) deity
Lycians (Λύκιοι) people
Also in: 8.43.4
Termilai (Τερμίλαι) people
Aegeus (Αἰγεύς) person
Lykos (Λύκος) person
Pandion (Πανδίων) person
Alcmene (Ἀλκμήνη) person
Iolaus (Ἰόλαος) person
Kynosarges (Κυνόσαργες) place Q940907
Lyceum (Λύκειον) place Q1160664
Also in: 1.19.4 1.29.16
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