Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.29.7

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Passage 10.29.7: Megara, Heracles' wife.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐσωτέρω δὲ τῆς Κλυμένης Μεγάραν τὴν ἐκ Θηβῶν ὄψει· ταύτην γυναῖκα ἔσχεν Ἡρακλῆς τὴν Μεγάραν καὶ ἀπεπέμψατο ἀνὰ χρόνον, ἅτε παίδων τε ἐστερημένος τῶν ἐξ αὐτῆς καὶ αὐτὴν ἡγούμενος οὐκ ἐπὶ ἀμείνονι τῷ δαίμονι γῆμαι . γυναικῶν δὲ τῶν κατειλεγμένων ὑπὲρ τῆς κεφαλῆς ἥ τε Σαλμωνέως θυγάτηρ ἐστὶν ἐπὶ πέτρας καθεζομένη καὶ Ἐριφύλη παρʼ αὐτὴν ἐστιν ἑστῶσα, διὰ μὲν τοῦ χιτῶνος ἀνέχουσα ἄκρους παρὰ τὸν τράχηλον τοὺς δακτύλους, τοῦ χιτῶνος δὲ ἐν τοῖς κοίλοις εἰκάσεις τῶν χειρῶν τῇ ἑτέρᾳ ἐκεῖνον τὸν ὅρμον αὐτὴν ἔχειν.

English Translation

Further inward from Clymene you will see Megara from Thebes. This Megara was Heracles' wife, whom he married but eventually dismissed, since he was deprived of the children he had by her and judged that his marriage to her was not favored by fate. Among the women depicted above their heads is the daughter of Salmoneus, seated upon a rock, and beside her stands Eriphyle, who grasps the hem of her garment at the neck with the tips of her fingers, and through the folds of the robe in her other hand you imagine her holding that famous necklace.

Proper Nouns

Clymene (Κλυμένη) person
Also in: 2.18.1 10.29.6
Megara (Μεγάρα) person
Salmoneus (Σαλμωνεύς) person
Eriphyle (Ἐριφύλη) person
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person
Thebes (Θῆβαι) place Q11225429
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