Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.5.2

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Passage 1.5.2: The Eponymoi, Athens' eponymous heroes.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τῶν δὲ ἐπωνύμων---καλοῦσι γὰρ οὕτω σφᾶς---ἔστι μὲν Ἱπποθόων Ποσειδῶνος καὶ Ἀλόπης θυγατρὸς Κερκυόνος, ἔστι δὲ Ἀντίοχος τῶν παίδων τῶν Ἡρακλέους, γενόμενος ἐκ Μήδας Ἡρακλεῖ τῆς Φύλαντος, καὶ τρίτος Αἴας ὁ Τελαμῶνος, ἐκ δὲ Ἀθηναίων Λεώς· δοῦναι δὲ ἐπὶ σωτηρίᾳ λέγεται κοινῇ τὰς θυγατέρας τοῦ θεοῦ χρήσαντος. Ἐρεχθεύς τέ ἐστιν ἐν τοῖς ἐπωνύμοις, ὃς ἐνίκησεν Ἐλευσινίους μάχῃ καὶ τὸν ἡγούμενον ἀπέκτεινεν Ἰμμάραδον τὸν Εὐμόλπου· Αἰγεύς τέ ἐστι καὶ Οἰνεὺς Πανδίονος υἱὸς νόθος καὶ τῶν Θησέως παίδων Ἀκάμας.

English Translation

Of the Eponymoi—as they call them—one is Hippothoön, the son of Poseidon and Alope, daughter of Cercyon; another is Antiochus, one of the sons of Heracles, born to Heracles by Meda, daughter of Phylas; the third is Ajax, son of Telamon. Of the Athenians is Leos, who is said to have given his daughters as an offering for the common safety, in obedience to an oracle of the god. Erechtheus also is counted among the Eponymoi; he defeated the Eleusinians in battle and slew Immaradus, the son of Eumolpus, their leader. Also included are Aegeus, Oeneus (the illegitimate son of Pandion), and Acamas, one of the sons of Theseus.

Proper Nouns

god (θεός) deity
Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) deity Q41127
Ajax, son of Telamon (Αἴας Τελαμῶνιος) person
Also in: 3.19.13 5.22.2
Aegeus (Αἰγεύς) person
Acamas (Ἀκάμας) person
Also in: 10.10.1
Alope (Ἀλόπη) person Q109334461
Also in: 1.14.3 1.39.3
Antiochus (Ἀντίοχος) person
Erechtheus (Ἐρεχθεύς) person Q121304453
Eumolpus (Εὐμόλπος) person Q125772438
Also in: 2.14.2 8.15.1
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person
Theseus (Θησεύς) person Q112106944
Immaradus (Ἰμμάραδος) person
Also in: 1.27.4 1.38.3
Hippothoon (Ἱπποθόων) person Q97642274
Also in: 1.38.4 1.39.3
Cercyon (Κερκυών) person
Also in: 1.14.3 1.39.3
Leos (Λεώς) person
Also in: 10.10.1
Meda (Μήδα) person Q1567598
Oeneus (Οἰνεὺς) person
Pandion (Πανδίων) person Q23891970
Phylas (Φύλας) person
Also in: 9.40.6
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
Eleusis (Ἐλευσῖν) place Q11918833
Also in: 4.14.1
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