Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.16.7

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Passage 2.16.7: Aegisthus slaughters Agamemnon’s children; Electra is spared and later marries Pylades.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

νηπίους δὲ ἔτι ὄντας ἐπικατέσφαξε τοῖς γονεῦσιν Αἴγισθος--- καὶ Ἠλέκτρας · Πυλάδῃ γὰρ συνῴκησεν Ὀρέστου δόντος. Ἑλλάνικος δὲ καὶ τάδε ἔγραψε, Μέδοντα καὶ Στρόφιον γενέσθαι Πυλάδῃ παῖδας ἐξ Ἠλέκτρας. Κλυταιμνήστρα δὲ ἐτάφη καὶ Αἴγισθος ὀλίγον ἀπωτέρω τοῦ τείχους· ἐντὸς δὲ ἀπηξιώθησαν, ἔνθα Ἀγαμέμνων τε αὐτὸς ἔκειτο καὶ οἱ σὺν ἐκείνῳ φονευθέντες.

English Translation

While still infants, Aegisthus slaughtered them upon the bodies of their parents—though Electra was spared, and later lived with Pylades, whom Orestes had given her in marriage. Hellanicus further records that Pylades and Electra had two sons, Medon and Strophius. Clytemnestra and Aegisthus were buried a little distance outside the city wall, as they were deemed unworthy of burial within the walls, where Agamemnon himself lay, together with those who were slain alongside him.

Proper Nouns

Aegisthus (Αἴγισθος) person
Clytemnestra (Κλυταιμνήστρα) person
Medon (Μέδων) person
Also in: 5.17.2 7.2.1
Pylades (Πυλάδης) person
Strophius (Στρόφιος) person
Agamemnon (Ἀγαμέμνων) person
Hellanikos (Ἑλλάνικος) person
Electra (Ἠλέκτρα) person
Orestes (Ὀρέστης) person
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