Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.1.3

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Passage 3.1.3: Tomb of Hyacinthus at Amyclae.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἀμύκλας δὲ ὁ Λακεδαίμονος, βουλόμενος ὑπολιπέσθαι τι καὶ αὐτὸς ἐς μνήμην, πόλισμα ἔκτισεν ἐν τῇ Λακωνικῇ. γενομένων δέ οἱ παίδων Ὑάκινθον μὲν νεώτατον ὄντα καὶ τὸ εἶδος κάλλιστον κατέλαβεν ἡ πεπρωμένη πρότερον τοῦ πατρός, καὶ Ὑακίνθου μνῆμά ἐστιν ἐν Ἀμύκλαις ὑπὸ τὸ ἄγαλμα τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος. ἀποθανόντος δὲ Ἀμύκλα ἐς Ἄργαλον τὸν πρεσβύτατον τῶν Ἀμύκλα παίδων καὶ ὕστερον ἐς Κυνόρταν Ἀργάλου τελευτήσαντος ἀφίκετο ἡ ἀρχή.

English Translation

Amyclas, son of Lacedaemon, desiring himself also to leave something behind in remembrance, founded a small town in Laconia. Among his sons, Hyacinthus, the youngest and the most handsome in appearance, was overtaken by fate before his father. The tomb of Hyacinthus is in Amyclae, beneath the image of Apollo. After the death of Amyclas, the succession of rule passed first to Argalus, the eldest of Amyclas' sons, and afterward, upon the death of Argalus, to Cynortas.

Proper Nouns

Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Cynortas (Κυνόρτας) person
Also in: 3.1.4
Lacedaemon (Λακεδαίμων) person
Amyklas (Ἀμύκλας) person
Argalus (Ἄργαλος) person
Hyacinthus (Ὑάκινθος) person
Laconia (Λακωνική) place Q11931074
Amyclae (Ἀμύκλαι) place Q13074886
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