Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.22.8

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Passage 2.22.8: Graves of Licymnius and Sacadas near the Cylarabis gymnasium

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐρχομένῳ δὲ ὁδὸν εὐθεῖαν ἐς γυμνάσιον Κυλάραβιν, ἀπὸ τοῦ παιδὸς ὀνομαζόμενον τοῦ Σθενέλου, τέθαπται δὴ Λικύμνιος ὁ Ἠλεκτρύωνος· ἀποθανεῖν δʼ αὐτὸν Ὅμηρος ὑπὸ Τληπτολέμου φησὶ τοῦ Ἡρακλέους, καὶ διὰ τὸν φόνον τοῦτον ἔφυγεν ἐξ Ἄργους Τληπτόλεμος. ὀλίγον δὲ τῆς ἐπὶ Κυλάραβιν καὶ τὴν ταύτῃ πύλην ἀποτραπεῖσι Σακάδα μνῆμά ἐστιν, ὃς τὸ αὔλημα τὸ Πυθικὸν πρῶτος ηὔλησεν ἐν Δελφοῖς·

English Translation

Going along the straight road toward the gymnasium called Cylarabis—named after the son of Sthenelus—you find the grave of Licymnius, son of Electryon. Homer says Licymnius was killed by Tlepolemus, the son of Heracles, and for this murder Tlepolemus fled from Argos. Not far from the gate on the road to Cylarabis, turning aside slightly from here, is the tomb of Sacadas, who was the first to perform the Pythian flute-melody at Delphi.

Proper Nouns

Pythian Games (Πύθια) other
Lycimnius (Λικύμνιος) person
Also in: 3.15.4
Sakadas (Σακάδας) person
Sthenelus (Σθένελος) person
Tlepolemos (Τληπτόλεμος) person
Electryon (Ἠλεκτρύων) person
Also in: 2.25.9 9.11.1
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person
Homer (Ὅμηρος) person
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
Kylabris (Κυλάραβις) place Q133054612
Argos (Ἄργος) place Q13533353
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