Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.8.1

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Passage 2.8.1: Hero-shrine of Aratus

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τῷ δὲ τῆς Πειθοῦς ἱερῷ τὸ ἐγγὺς τέμενος ἀνειμένον βασιλεῦσι Ῥωμαίων οἰκία ποτὲ ἦν Κλέωνος τυράννου· Κλεισθένης μὲν γὰρ ὁ Ἀριστωνύμου τοῦ Μύρωνος ἐχόντων ἔτι τὴν κάτω πόλιν Σικυωνίων ἐτυράννησε, Κλέων δὲ ἐν τῇ νῦν πόλει. πρὸ ταύτης τῆς οἰκίας ἡρῷόν ἐστιν Ἀράτου μέγιστα Ἑλλήνων ἐργασαμένου τῶν ἐφʼ αὑτοῦ· ἔχει δὲ ὧδε τὰ ἐς αὐτόν.

English Translation

Near the sanctuary of Peitho there is an enclosed precinct sacred to the Roman emperors; this was formerly the house of the tyrant Cleon. For Cleisthenes, son of Aristonymus, grandson of Myron, ruled as tyrant when the lower city still belonged to the Sicyonians, while Cleon was tyrant in the city as it currently stands. Before this house is the hero-shrine of Aratus, who accomplished deeds greater than any other Greek of his time; concerning him, the situation is as follows.

Proper Nouns

Peitho (Πειθώ) deity
Sicyonians (Σικυώνιοι) other
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) other
Romans (Ῥωμαῖοι) other
Kleon (Κλέων) person
Cleisthenes (Κλεισθένης) person
Myron (Μύρων) person
Aratus (Ἀράτος) person
Aristonymos (Ἀριστώνυμος) person
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