Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.30.9

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Passage 2.30.9: Pittheus unites settlements into Troezen; descendants colonize Halicarnassus and Myndus.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

σημεῖον δέ· ἀποθανόντος γὰρ Τροίζηνος Πιτθεὺς ἐς τὴν νῦν πόλιν συναγαγὼν τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ὠνόμασεν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ Τροίζηνα, συλλαβὼν Ὑπέρειάν τε καὶ Ἄνθ ει αν. πολλοῖς δὲ ἔτεσιν ὕστερον ἐς ἀποικίαν ἐκ Τροιζῆνος σταλέντες Ἁλικαρνασσὸν ἐν τῇ Καρίᾳ καὶ Μύνδον ἀπῴκισαν οἱ γεγονότες ἀπʼ Ἀετίου τοῦ Ἄνθα. Τροίζηνος δὲ οἱ παῖδες Ἀνάφλυστος καὶ Σφῆττος μετοικοῦσιν ἐς τὴν Ἀττικήν, καὶ οἱ δῆμοι τὰ ὀνόματα ἔχουσιν ἀπὸ τούτων. τὰ δὲ ἐς Θησέα θυγατριδοῦν Πιτθέως εἰδόσι τὰ ἐς αὐτὸν οὐ γράφω, δεῖ δέ με τοσόνδε ἔτι δηλῶσαι.

English Translation

There is clear evidence of this: after Troezen had died, Pittheus gathered the people into the present city and named it Troezen after his brother, bringing together Hypereia and Antheia. Many years afterward, descendants of Aëtius, the son of Anthas, were sent as colonists from Troezen, and founded Halicarnassus and Myndus in Caria. The sons of Troezen, Anaphlystos and Sphettos, migrated into Attica, and the demes there derive their names from them. As for matters connected with Theseus, who was the grandson of Pittheus through his daughter, I shall not record them, as they are well known to those familiar with his story; but I must add only this much more.

Proper Nouns

Theseus (Θησεύς) person
Pittheus (Πιτθεύς) person
Sphéttos (Σφῆττος) person
Troezen (Τροιζήν) person
Aetios (Ἀέτιος) person
Also in: 2.30.8 2.31.10
Anaphlystos (Ἀνάφλυστος) person
Anthas (Ἄνθης) person
Caria (Καρία) place Q193214
Myndus (Μύνδος) place Q18823111
Troezen (Τροιζήν) place Q581494 Pleiades
Attica (Ἀττική) place Q122443
Halicarnassus (Ἁλικαρνασσός) place Q5843680
Also in: 3.11.3 8.16.4
Antheia (Ἄνθεια) place Q60790607
Hypereia (Ὑπέρεια) place Q125966733
Also in: 2.30.8
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