Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.16.1

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Passage 2.16.1: Succession of early Argive kings culminating in Danaus and his daughters.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἄργος δὲ Φορωνέως θυγατριδοῦς βασιλεύσας μετὰ Φορωνέα ὠνόμασεν ἀφʼ αὑτοῦ τὴν χώραν. Ἄργου δὲ Πείρασος γίνεται καὶ Φόρβας, Φόρβαντος δὲ Τριόπας, Τριόπα δὲ Ἴασος καὶ Ἀγήνωρ. Ἰὼ μὲν οὖν Ἰάσου θυγάτηρ, εἴτε ὡς Ἡρόδοτος ἔγραψεν εἴτε καθʼ ὃ λέγουσιν Ἕλληνες, ἐς Αἴγυπτον ἀφικνεῖται Κρότωπος δὲ ὁ Ἀγήνορος ἔσχε μετὰ Ἴασον τὴν ἀρχήν, Κροτώπου δὲ Σθενέλας γίνεται, Δαναὸς δʼ ἀπʼ Αἰγύπτου πλεύσας ἐπὶ Γελάνορα τὸν Σθενέλα τοὺς ἀπογόνους τοὺς Ἀγήνορος βασιλείας ἔπαυσεν. τὰ δὲ ἀπὸ τούτου καὶ οἱ πάντες ὁμοίως ἴσασι, θυγατέρων τῶν Δαναοῦ τὸ ἐς τοὺς ἀνεψιοὺς τόλμημα καὶ ὡς ἀποθανόντος Δαναοῦ τὴν ἀρχὴν Λυγκεὺς ἔσχεν.

English Translation

After Phoroneus, Argos, his daughter's son, became king and named the land after himself. Argos had a son Peirasus, and another called Phorbas. From Phorbas descended Triopas, and from Triopas came Iasus and Agenor. Io, indeed, was the daughter of Iasus; whether it happened as Herodotus records or according to the Greek account, she arrived in Egypt. After Iasus, Crotopus, the son of Agenor, took power. From Crotopus came Sthenelas; later, Danaus sailed from Egypt against Gelanor, a descendant of Sthenelas, and ended the rule of Agenor's line. What followed from this time is universally known—the bold action taken by Danaus' daughters against their cousins, and how Lynceus assumed power upon the death of Danaus.

Proper Nouns

Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) other
Gelanor (Γελάνωρ) person
Danaus (Δαναός) person
Krotopos (Κρότωψ) person
Also in: 2.23.7
Lynceus (Λυγκεύς) person
Peirasos (Πείρασος) person
Sthenelas (Σθενέλας) person
Also in: 2.19.3
Triopas (Τριόπας) person
Also in: 4.3.9
Phoroneus (Φορωνεύς) person
Phorbas (Φόρβας) person
Agenor (Ἀγήνωρ) person
Argos (Ἄργος) person
Herodotus (Ἡρόδοτος) person
Io (Ἰώ) person
Also in: 1.25.1 3.18.13
Iasos (Ἴασος) person
Egypt (Αἴγυπτος) place Q79 Pleiades
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