Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.38.11

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Passage 10.38.11: Authorship of the Naupactian poem.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

τὰ δὲ ἔπη τὰ Ναυπάκτια ὀνομαζόμενα ὑπὸ Ἑλλήνων ἀνδρὶ ἐσποιοῦσιν οἱ πολλοὶ Μιλησίῳ· Χάρων δὲ ὁ Πύθεώ φησιν αὐτὰ ποιῆσαι Ναυπάκτιον Καρκίνον. ἑπόμεθα δὲ καὶ ἡμεῖς τῇ τοῦ Λαμψακηνοῦ δόξῃ· τίνα γὰρ καὶ λόγον ἔχοι ἂν ἔπεσιν ἀνδρὸς Μιλησίου πεποιημένοις ἐς γυναῖκας τεθῆναί σφισιν ὄνομα Ναυπάκτια;

English Translation

Now the verses called by the Greeks the "Naupactian poem" most people ascribe to a Milesian poet. But Charon, son of Pytheas, says that they were composed by the Naupactian Carcinus. We also follow the opinion of the Lampsacene, for what sense would there be in naming poems composed by a Milesian poet after women from Naupactus?

Proper Nouns

Naupaktia (Ναυπάκτια) other
Also in: 2.3.9 4.2.1
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) other
Karkinos (Καρκῖνος) person
Lampsakene (Λαμψακηνός) person
Milesian (Μιλήσιος) person
Naupactians (Ναυπάκτιος) person
Also in: 4.25.3 7.18.10
Pytheos (Πύθεως) person
Charon (Χάρων) person
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