Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.38.5

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Passage 1.38.5: Theseus slays the robber Prokrustes.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

---ῥεῖ δὲ Κηφισὸς πρὸς Ἐλευσῖνι βιαιότερον παρεχόμενος τοῦ προτέρου ῥεῦμα· καὶ παρʼ αὐτῷ καλοῦσιν Ἐρινεόν, λέγοντες τὸν Πλούτωνα ὅτε ἥρπασε τὴν Κόρην καταβῆναι ταύτῃ. πρὸς τούτῳ τῷ Κηφισῷ λῃστὴν Πολυπήμονα ὄνομα, Προκρούστην δὲ ἐπίκλησιν, Θησεὺς ἀπέκτεινεν.

English Translation

Near Eleusis the Cephisus river flows with a stronger current than before, and beside it they have a place called Erineos, for they say that here Pluto descended when he carried off the Maiden. Near this Cephisus Theseus slew a robber named Polypemon, known also by the surname Prokrustes.

Proper Nouns

Kore (Κόρη) deity Q45967
Plouton (Πλούτων) deity Q41410
Theseus (Θησεύς) person Q112106944
Polypemon (Πολυπήμων) person
Prokrustes (Προκρούστης) person
Eleusis (Ἐλευσίς) place Q11918833
Erineon (Ἐρινεόν) place Q60790615
Also in: 7.22.10
Cephisus (Κηφισός) place Q115829088
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