Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.21.4

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Passage 1.21.4: Sanctuary of Asclepius and the spring where Ares killed Halirrhothius.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἰόντων δὲ Ἀθήνῃσιν ἐς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν ἀπὸ τοῦ θεάτρου τέθαπται Κάλως· τοῦτον τὸν Κάλων ἀδελφῆς παῖδα ὄντα καὶ τῆς τέχνης μαθητὴν φονεύσας Δαίδαλος ἐς Κρήτην ἔφυγε, χρόνῳ δὲ ὕστερον ἐς Σικελίαν ἐκδιδράσκει παρὰ Κώκαλον. τοῦ δὲ Ἀσκληπιοῦ τὸ ἱερὸν ἔς τε τὰ ἀγάλματά ἐστιν, ὁπόσα τοῦ θεοῦ πεποίηται καὶ τῶν παίδων, καὶ ἐς τὰς γραφὰς θέας ἄξιον· ἔστι δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ κρήνη, παρʼ ᾗ λέγουσι Ποσειδῶνος παῖδα Ἁλιρρόθιον θυγατέρα Ἄρεως Ἀλκίππην αἰσχύναντα ἀποθανεῖν ὑπὸ Ἄρεως, καὶ δίκην ἐπὶ τούτῳ τῷ φόνῳ γενέσθαι πρῶτον.

English Translation

On the road leading to the Acropolis in Athens from the theatre is buried Kalos. Daedalus, having slain this Kalos, who was his sister's son and pupil in his craft, fled to Crete, and some time later escaped to Sicily, to the court of Cocalus. The sanctuary of Asclepius is worthy of viewing both for the statues—those depicting the god and his children—and for the paintings it contains. Within it there is a spring, by which they say Halirrhothius, son of Poseidon, was slain by Ares, after he molested Alcippe, the daughter of Ares, and that this was the first trial held concerning homicide.

Proper Nouns

Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) deity
Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός) deity
Ares (Ἄρης) deity
Daedalus (Δαίδαλος) person Q3712559
Calos (Κάλως) person
Also in: 1.26.4
Kokalos (Κώκαλος) person
Also in: 7.4.6
Alcippe (Ἀλκίππη) person
Halirrhothius (Ἁλιρρόθιος) person
Also in: 1.28.5
Crete (Κρήτη) place Q34374 Pleiades
Sicily (Σικελία) place Q1460
Acropolis (ἀκρόπολις) place Q131013
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
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