Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.26.8

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Passage 10.26.8: Lesches' account of Helicaon being rescued by Odysseus.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

Λέσχεως δὲ τετρωμένον τὸν Ἑλικάονα ἐν τῇ νυκτομαχίᾳ γνωρισθῆναί τε ὑπὸ Ὀδυσσέως καὶ ἐξαχθῆναι ζῶντα ἐκ τῆς μάχης φησίν. ἕποιτο ἂν οὖν τῇ Μενελάου καὶ Ὀδυσσέως κηδεμονίᾳ περὶ οἶκον τὸν Ἀντήνορος μηδὲ ἐς τοῦ Ἑλικάονος τὴν γυναῖκα ἔργον δυσμενὲς ὑπὸ Ἀγαμέμνονος καὶ Μενελάου γενέσθαι· Εὐφορίων δὲ ἀνὴρ Χαλκιδεὺς σὺν οὐδενὶ εἰκότι τὰ ἐς τὴν Λαοδίκην ἐποίησεν.

English Translation

But Lesches says that Helicaon, being wounded during the night battle, was recognized by Odysseus and brought alive out of the combat. Thus, it would follow logically from Menelaus and Odysseus's concern over Antenor's household that no hostile action was carried out by Agamemnon and Menelaus against Helicaon's wife. Euphorion of Chalcis, however, composed what concerns Laodice without any apparent plausibility.

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