Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.26.2

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Passage 2.26.2: Argive settlement of Epidauria and the competing genealogies for Epidaurus.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

καὶ ὁ μὲν ἐς Ἀθήνας ὁμοῦ τοῖς πολίταις ἀφικόμενος ἐνταῦθα ᾤκησε, Δηιφόντης δὲ καὶ Ἀργεῖοι τὴν Ἐπιδαυρίαν ἔσχον. ἀπεσχίσθησαν δὲ οὗτοι τῶν ἄλλων Ἀργείων Τημένου τελευτήσαντος, Δηιφόντης μὲν καὶ Ὑρνηθὼ κατʼ ἔχθος τῶν Τημένου παίδων, ὁ δὲ σὺν αὐτοῖς στρατὸς Δηιφόντῃ καὶ Ὑρνηθοῖ πλέον ἢ Κείσῳ καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς νέμοντες. Ἐπίδαυρος δέ, ἀφʼ οὗ τὸ ὄνομα τῇ γῇ ἐτέθη, ὡς μέν φασιν Ἠλεῖοι, Πέλοπος ἦν· κατὰ δὲ Ἀργείων δόξαν καὶ τὰ ἔπη τὰς μεγάλας Ἠοίας ἦν Ἐπιδαύρῳ πατὴρ Ἄργος ὁ Διός· Ἐπιδαύριοι δὲ Ἀπόλλωνι Ἐπίδαυρον παῖδα προσποιοῦσιν.

English Translation

And he, coming to Athens, settled there along with the citizens, while Deiphontes and the Argives occupied Epidauria. These Argives separated themselves from the rest of the Argives after the death of Temenos, since Deiphontes and Hyrnetho were at enmity with Temenos' children, and the army with them more willingly supported Deiphontes and Hyrnetho than Keisos and his brothers. Epidaurus, from whom the land took its name, according to the Eleans was a son of Pelops. But according to the Argive tradition and to the verses of the poem called the Great Eoeae, he was the son of Argos, who was himself the son of Zeus. The Epidaurians, however, claim Epidaurus was a son of Apollo.

Proper Nouns

Zeus (Ζεύς) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Ehoiai (Ἠοῖαι) other
Deiphontes (Δηιφόντης) person
Cisus (Κεῖσος) person
Pelops (Πέλοψ) person
Temenos (Τήμενος) person
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) person
Argos (Ἄργος) person
Epidaurus (Ἐπίδαυρος) person
Also in: 2.26.1 2.28.3
Epidaurians (Ἐπιδαύριοι) person
Also in: 7.4.2
Eleans (Ἠλεῖοι) person
Hyrnetho (Ὑρνηθώ) person
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
Epidauria (Ἐπιδαυρία) place
Also in: 2.25.7
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