Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.3.9

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Passage 2.3.9: Jason's migration to Corcyra and various accounts of his children

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

ἔπη δὲ ἔστιν ἐν Ἕλλησι Ναυπάκτια ὀνομαζόμενα· πεποίηται δὲ ἐν αὐτοῖς Ἰάσονα ἐξ Ἰωλκοῦ μετὰ τὸν Πελίου θάνατον ἐς Κόρκυραν μετοικῆσαι καί οἱ Μέρμερον μὲν τὸν πρεσβύτερον τῶν παίδων ὑπὸ λεαίνης διαφθαρῆναι θηρεύοντα ἐν τῇ πέραν ἠπείρῳ· Φέρητι δὲ οὐδέν ἐστιν ἐς μνήμην προσκείμενον. Κιναίθων δὲ ὁ Λακεδαιμόνιος---ἐγενεαλόγησε γὰρ καὶ οὗτος ἔπεσι ---Μήδειον καὶ θυγατέρα Ἐριῶπιν Ἰάσονι εἶπεν ἐκ Μηδείας γενέσθαι· πέρα δὲ ἐς τοὺς παῖδας οὐδὲ τούτῳ πεποιημένα ἐστίν.

English Translation

There is among the Greeks a poem called the "Naupactia," in which it is related that Jason, after the death of Pelias, migrated from Iolcus to Corcyra, and there his eldest son, Mermerus, was destroyed by a lioness while hunting upon the adjoining mainland. Of Pheres no record whatever is preserved. Cinaethon of Lacedaemon—since he too composed genealogical poetry—relates that Medeius and a daughter, Eriopis, were born to Jason by Medea; but of Jason's children beyond these, even he records nothing further.

Proper Nouns

Lacedaemonian (Λακεδαιμόνιος) other
Also in: 5.17.1 10.9.6
Naupaktia (Ναυπάκτια) other
Also in: 4.2.1 10.38.11
Cinaethon (Κιναίθων) person
Mermeros (Μέρμερος) person
Also in: 2.3.6
Medea (Μήδεια) person
Medeios (Μήδειος) person
Pelius (Πελίων) person
Pheretes (Φερέτης) person
Eriope (Ἐριῶπις) person
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Jason (Ἰάσων) person
Corcyra (Κόρκυρα) place Q3693378
Also in: 1.11.6 6.9.9
Iolkos (Ἰωλκός) place Q662613
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