Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.19.1

← 2.18.9 2.19.2 →

Passage 2.19.1: Temenus favors Deiphontes and Hyrnetho, provoking his sons' plot; Ceisus succeeds.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τὰ μὲν οὖν Κρεσφόντου καὶ τῶν Ἀριστοδήμου παίδων οὐκ ἤπειγεν ὁ λόγος με ἐνταῦθα δηλῶσαι· Τήμενος δὲ ἐκ μὲν τοῦ φανεροῦ Δηιφόντῃ τῷ Ἀντιμάχου τοῦ Θρασυάνορος τοῦ Κτησίππου τοῦ Ἡρακλέους στρατηγῷ πρὸς τὰς μάχας ἐχρήσατο ἀντὶ τῶν υἱῶν καὶ σύμβουλον ἐς πάντα εἶχεν, ἅτε αὐτόν τε ἐκεῖνον πεποιημένος πρότερον ἔτι γαμβρὸν καὶ τῶν παίδων ἀρεσκόμενος τῇ Ὑρνηθοῖ μάλιστα, ὑπωπτεύετο δὲ ἤδη καὶ τὴν βασιλείαν ἐς ἐκείνην καὶ Δηιφόντην τρέπειν. ἐπεβουλεύθη δὲ τούτων ἕνεκα ὑπὸ τῶν υἱῶν· ἐκείνων δὲ αὐτῷ Κεῖσος πρεσβύτατος ὢν ἔσχε τὴν ἀρχήν.

English Translation

As for the story of Cresphontes and the sons of Aristodemus, the present account does not urgently compel me to relate it here. Regarding Temenus, openly he entrusted the command of his army in battle to Deiphontes, son of Antimachus, son of Thrasyanor, son of Ctesippus, son of Heracles, employing him instead of his own sons and keeping him as his counsellor in all affairs, firstly because he had earlier made him his son-in-law, and secondly, because among his children, he most favored his daughter Hyrnetho. He had come, however, to be suspected of already diverting the kingdom to her and Deiphontes. For these reasons, plots were devised against him by his sons; and Ceisus, as the eldest of these sons, inherited his rule.

Proper Nouns

Deiphontes (Δηιφόντης) person
Thrasyanor (Θρασυάνωρ) person
Cisus (Κεῖσος) person
Kresphontes (Κρέσφων) person
Also in: 8.29.5
Ctesippus (Κτήσιππος) person
Also in: 3.16.6
Temenos (Τήμενος) person
Antimachus (Ἀντίμαχος) person
Aristodemus (Ἀριστοδήμος) person
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person
Hyrnetho (Ὑρνηθώ) person
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