Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.25.5

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Passage 10.25.5: Depiction of Helen with Helenus and wounded Meges.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

κάθηται δὲ ὑπὲρ τὴν Ἑλένην πορφυροῦν ἀνὴρ ἀμπεχόμενος ἱμάτιον καὶ ἐς τὰ μάλιστα κατηφής· Ἕλενον εἶναι τεκμήραιο ἂν τὸν Πριάμου καὶ πρὶν ἢ καὶ τὸ ἐπίγραμμα ἐπιλέξασθαι. πλησίον δὲ τοῦ Ἑλένου Μέγης ἐστί· τέτρωται δὲ τὸν βραχίονα ὁ Μέγης, καθὰ δὴ καὶ Λέσχεως ὁ Αἰσχυλίνου Πυρραῖος ἐν Ἰλίου πέρσιδι ἐποίησε· τρωθῆναι δὲ ὑπὸ τὴν μάχην τοῦτον, ἣν ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ἐμαχέσαντο οἱ Τρῶες, ὑπὸ Ἀδμήτου φησὶ τοῦ Αὐγείου.

English Translation

Above Helen sits a man draped with a purple cloak, appearing exceedingly sorrowful; you might guess him to be Helenus, the son of Priam, even before reading the inscribed epitaph. Next to Helenus stands Meges, wounded in his arm, as described by Lescheos, son of Aeschylinus, of Pyrrha, in his "Sack of Troy." Lescheos says that Meges was wounded by Admetus, son of Augeias, during the battle the Trojans waged by night.

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