Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.42.7

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Passage 1.42.7: Shrine of Ino (Leukothea) at Megara with burial tradition and annual rites.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

κατὰ δὲ τὴν ἐς τὸ πρυτανεῖον ὁδὸν Ἰνοῦς ἐστιν ἡρῷον, περὶ δὲ αὐτὸ θριγκὸς λίθων· πεφύκασι δὲ ἐπʼ αὐτῶ καὶ ἐλαῖαι. μόνοι δέ εἰσιν Ἑλλήνων Μεγαρεῖς οἱ λέγοντες τὸν νεκρὸν τῆς Ἰνοῦς ἐς τὰ παραθαλάσσιά σφισιν ἐκπεσεῖν τῆς χώρας, Κλησὼ δὲ καὶ Ταυρόπολιν εὑρεῖν τε καὶ θάψαι---θυγατέρας δὲ αὐτὰς εἶναι Κλήσωνος τοῦ Λέλεγος---, καὶ Λευκοθέαν τε ὀνομασθῆναι παρὰ σφίσι πρώτοις φασὶν αὐτὴν καὶ θυσίαν ἄγειν ἀνὰ πᾶν ἔτος.

English Translation

Along the road leading to the Prytaneion stands a shrine of Ino, enclosed by a stone wall; olive trees also grow upon it. The Megarians alone among the Greeks say that the corpse of Ino washed ashore in their coastal lands, and that Kleso and Tauropolis—daughters of Kleson the son of Lelex—found the body and buried it. They claim further that the Megarians themselves were the first to call her Leukothea, and that they hold sacrifices in her honor every year.

Proper Nouns

Leucothea (Λευκοθέα) deity
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) other
Cleson (Κλήσων) person
Kleso (Κλησὼ) person
Lelegos (Λέλεγος) person
Tauropolis (Ταυρόπολις) person
Ino (Ἰνώ) person
Megarians (Μεγαρεῖς) place Q645572
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