Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.34.5

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Passage 2.34.5: Hermione settled by Dorians from Argos

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

ἐγὼ δέ, εἰ καὶ γνήσιον ὄντα Εὔρωπα πρότερον τὸ χρεὼν ἢ Φορωνέα ἐπέλαβεν, εὖ οἶδα ὡς οὐκ ἔμελλεν ὁ παῖς αὐτῷ Νιόβης παιδὶ ἴσα οἴσεσθαι Διός γε εἶναι δοκοῦντι. ἐπῴκησαν δὲ καὶ Ἑρμιόνα ὕστερον Δωριεῖς οἱ ἐξ Ἄργους· πόλεμον δὲ οὐ δοκῶ γενέσθαι σφίσιν, ἐλέγετο γὰρ ἂν ὑπὸ Ἀργείων.

English Translation

But as for me, even if Europs was truly genuine but was overtaken by destiny earlier than Phoroneus, I am quite certain that his son would still not have been considered equal to the son of Niobe, who was believed to be of Zeus. Later, the Dorians who arrived from Argos also settled Hermione; and I do not think there was war between them, for it would have been mentioned by the Argives.

Proper Nouns

Zeus (Ζεύς) deity
Dorians (Δωριεῖς) person
Europa (Εὐρώπη) person
Niobe (Νιόβη) person
Phoroneus (Φορωνεύς) person
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) person
Argos (Ἄργος) place Q13533353
Hermione (Ἑρμιόνη) place Q58401924
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