Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.38.1

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Passage 2.38.1: Temenion: sanctuaries of Poseidon and Aphrodite and the tomb of Temenos

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐκ Λέρνης δὲ ἰοῦσιν ἐς Τημένιον---τὸ δὲ Τημένιόν ἐστιν Ἀργείων, ὠνομάσθη δὲ ἀπὸ Τημένου τοῦ Ἀριστομάχου· καταλαβὼν γὰρ καὶ ἐχυρωσάμενος τὸ χωρίον ἐπολέμει σὺν τοῖς Δωριεῦσιν αὐτόθεν τὸν πρὸς Τισαμενὸν καὶ Ἀχαιοὺς πόλεμον---ἐς τοῦτο οὖν τὸ Τημένιον ἰοῦσιν ὅ τε Φρίξος ποταμὸς ἐκδίδωσιν ἐς θάλασσαν καὶ Ποσειδῶνος ἱερὸν ἐν Τημενίῳ πεποίηται καὶ Ἀφροδίτης ἕτερον καὶ μνῆμά ἐστι Τημένου τιμὰς ἔχον παρὰ Δωριέων τῶν ἐν Ἄργει.

English Translation

Going from Lerna toward Temenion—Temenion belongs to the Argives and was named after Temenos, the son of Aristomachos; for Temenos, having seized and fortified the place, waged war from there together with the Dorians against Tisamenos and the Achaeans—in this very Temenion, as one journeys there, the river Phrixos empties into the sea. In Temenion there is a sanctuary of Poseidon and another sanctuary of Aphrodite, as well as the tomb of Temenos, which receives honors from the Dorians who dwell in Argos.

Proper Nouns

Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) deity
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Phrixos (Φρίξος) other
Dorians (Δωριεῖς) person
Temenos (Τήμενος) person
Tisamenus (Τισαμενός) person
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) person
Aristomachus (Ἀριστόμαχος) person
Achaeans (Ἀχαιοί) person
Lerna (Λέρνη) place Q1236078
Temenion (Τημένιον) place Q12160445
Also in: 2.36.6
Argos (Ἄργος) place Q13533353
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