Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.38.5

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Passage 1.38.5: Theseus slays the robber Procrustes.

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 Kephisos 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 Kephisos Theseus slew a robber named Polypemon, known also by the surname Prokrustes.

Proper Nouns

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