Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.5.4

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Passage 2.5.4: Tenea: town founded by Trojan captives from Tenedos, venerates Apollo.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τραπεῖσι τὴν ὀρεινὴν πύλη τέ ἐστιν ἡ Τενεατικὴ καὶ Εἰληθυίας ἱερόν· ἑξήκοντα δὲ ἀπέχει μάλιστα στάδια ἡ καλουμένη Τενέα. οἱ δὲ ἄνθρωποί φασιν οἱ ταύτῃ Τρῶες εἶναι, αἰχμάλωτοι δὲ ὑπὸ Ἑλλήνων ἐκ Τενέδου γενόμενοι ἐνταῦθα Ἀγαμέμνονος δόντος οἰκῆσαι· καὶ διὰ τοῦτο θεῶν μάλιστα Ἀπόλλωνα τιμῶσιν.

English Translation

When you turn toward the mountainous region, there is the gate called Teneatic and a sanctuary of Eileithyia. At a distance from here of roughly sixty stadia is the town called Tenea. The inhabitants there say that they are Trojans, originally captives from Tenedos brought there by the Greeks and settled by the permission of Agamemnon. For this reason, among the gods they honor Apollo particularly.

Proper Nouns

Eileithyia (Εἰλείθυια) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Trojans (Τρῶες) person
Agamemnon (Ἀγαμέμνων) person
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Tenedos (Τένεδος) place Q211817 Pleiades
Tenea (Τενέα) place Q25535198
Teneatic Gate (Τενεατική πύλη) place
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