Pausanias Analysis
Chapter 2.16
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Chapter 2.16
2.16.1: Succession of early Argive kings culminating in Danaus and his daughters.
2.16.2: Perseus accidentally kills Acrisius with a discus at Larissa.
2.16.3: Perseus founds Mycenae—name from sword chape or water-producing mushroom.
2.16.4: Mycene, daughter of Inachus and wife of Arestor, eponym of the city Mycenae.
2.16.5: Argives destroyed Mycenae.
2.16.6: Tombs and treasures at Mycenae
2.16.7: Aegisthus slaughters Agamemnon’s children; Electra is spared and later marries Pylades.