Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.4.5

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Passage 10.4.5: Tityos' tomb mound inscribed "Nine Plethra."

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

ἐνταῦθα ἐπὶ τῇ χαράδρᾳ καὶ Τιτυοῦ μνῆμά ἐστι· περίοδος μὲν τοῦ χώματος τρίτον μάλιστά που σταδίου, τὸ δὲ ἔπος τὸ ἐν Ὀδυσσείᾳ κείμενον ἐν δαπέδῳ· ὁ δʼ ἐπʼ ἐννέα κεῖτο πέλεθρα Hom. Od. 11.577 οὐκ ἐπὶ μεγέθει πεποιῆσθαι τοῦ Τιτυοῦ φασιν, ἀλλʼ ἔνθα ὁ Τιτυὸς ἐτέθη, Πλέθρα ἐννέα ὄνομα εἶναι τῷ χωρίῳ.

English Translation

Here by the gorge is also the tomb of Tityos; the circumference of the mound measures approximately one-third of a stade. The line from the Odyssey is inscribed on it: "And he lay stretched over nine plethra." They say, however, that the reference is not intended to describe Tityos' actual size, but rather that the place where Tityos was buried is called "Nine Plethra."

Proper Nouns

Odyssey (Ὀδύσσεια) other
Tityos (Τιτυός) person
Homer Odyssey (Ὅμηρος Ὀδύσσεια) person
Nine Plethra (Πλέθρα ἐννέα) place
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