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 Kerkyon; another is Antiochos, one of the sons of Herakles, born to Herakles 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 Immarados, the son of Eumolpos, their leader. Also included are Aegeus, Oineus (the illegitimate son of Pandion), and Akamas, one of the sons of Theseus.

Proper Nouns

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