Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.14.2

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Passage 10.14.2: Tenes and Hemithea cast adrift by Cycnus after Philonome's false accusation.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἔχοντος δὲ θυγατέρα ὄνομα Ἡμιθέαν τοῦ Κύκνου καὶ υἱὸν καλούμενον Τέννην ἐκ Προκλείας---ἣ Κλυτίου μὲν ἦν θυγάτηρ, ἀδελφὴ δὲ Καλήτορος, ὃν Ὅμηρος ἐν Ἰλιάδι ἀποθανεῖν φησιν ὑπὸ Αἴαντος, ὅτε ὑπὸ τὴν Πρωτεσιλάου ναῦν ἔφερεν ὁ Καλήτωρ τὸ πῦρ---ταύτης οὖν προαποθανούσης ἡ ἐπεισελθοῦσα Φιλονόμη ἡ Κραγάσου ---διήμαρτε γὰρ ἐρασθεῖσα τοῦ Τέννου---ψεύδεται πρὸς τὸν ἄνδρα ὡς αὐτὴ μὲν οὐκ ἐθέλουσα, τὸν δὲ αὑτῇ Τέννην συγγενέσθαι θελήσαντα· καὶ ὁ Κύκνος πείθεται τῇ ἀπάτῃ, καὶ ἐς λάρνακα ἐνθέμενος ὁμοῦ τῇ ἀδελφῇ Τέννην ἐς θάλασσαν σφᾶς ἀφίησι.

English Translation

Cycnus had a daughter named Hemithea and a son called Tenes born of Procleia—who herself was the daughter of Clytius and the sister of Caletor, whom Homer says in the Iliad was slain by Ajax when Caletor tried to set fire to Protesilaus' ship. When this woman had died earlier, Philonome, daughter of Cragasus, became Cycnus's second wife. Having failed to win Tenes' affection, Philonome falsely accused him to her husband, claiming that Tenes had sought sexual relations with her against her will. Cycnus believed this deception, placed Tenes along with his sister in a chest, and set them adrift on the sea.

Proper Nouns

Iliad (Ἰλιάς) other
Ajax (Αἴας) person Q14566703
Caletor (Καλήτωρ) person
Klytios (Κλυτίος) person
Also in: 6.17.6
Cragasus (Κραγασός) person
Cycnus (Κύκνος) person
Procleia (Προκλεία) person
Protesilaos (Πρωτεσίλαος) person
Tennes (Τέννης) person
Also in: 10.14.3 10.14.4
Philonome (Φιλονόμη) person
Hemithea (Ἡμιθέα) person
Homer (Ὅμηρος) person
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