Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.30.2

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Passage 10.30.2: Maidens seized by the Harpies and handed to the Erinyes

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

Ἀφροδίτην μὲν οὖν ἐς οὐρανὸν ἀνέρχεσθαι, παρὰ Διὸς γάμον εὐδαίμονα ἐθέλουσαν ταῖς παισὶν εὕρασθαι, τὰς δὲ ἀπούσης ἐκείνης ἁρπασθῆναί τε ὑπὸ Ἁρπυιῶν καὶ Ἐρινύσιν ὑπʼ αὐτῶν δοθῆναι. τάδε μέν ἐστιν ἐς αὐτὰς Ὁμήρῳ πεποιημένα, Πολύγνωτος δὲ κόρας τε ἐστεφανωμένας ἄνθεσι καὶ παιζούσας ἔγραψεν ἀστραγάλοις, ὄνομα δὲ αὐταῖς Καμειρώ τε καὶ Κλυτίη. τὸν δὲ Πανδάρεων Μιλήσιόν τε ἐκ Μιλήτου τῆς Κρητικῆς ὄντα ἴστω τις καὶ ἀδικήματος ἐς τὴν κλοπὴν Ταντάλῳ καὶ τοῦ ἐπὶ τῷ ὅρκῳ μετασχόντα σοφίσματος.

English Translation

Aphrodite, then, ascended to heaven, wishing to arrange for her daughters a fortunate marriage through Zeus; but during her absence, the maidens were seized by the Harpies and handed over by them to the Erinyes. These details concerning them are described by Homer, whereas Polygnotus painted the girls crowned with flowers and playing with knucklebones, and gave their names as Cameiro and Clytie. As for Pandareos, let one know that he was a Milesian from Miletus in Crete and was guilty of wrongdoing involving theft together with Tantalus, and took part in the deception regarding an oath.

Proper Nouns

Zeus (Ζεύς) deity
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Erinyes (Ἐρινύες) deity
Milesian (Μιλήσιος) other
Uranus (the sky - in some contexts a deity, here likely just 'heaven/sky') (οὐρανός) other
Harpies (Ἅρπυιαι) other
Also in: 5.17.11
Cameiro (Καμειρώ) person
Clytie (Κλυτίη) person
Pandareon (Πανδάρεων) person
Polygnotus (Πολύγνωτος) person
Tantalus (Τάνταλος) person
Homer (Ὅμηρος) person
Crete (Κρητική) place Q34374 Pleiades
Miletus (Μίλητος) place Q169460
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