Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.1.5

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Passage 3.1.5: Restoration of Tyndareus and later Heraclid partition of the Peloponnese

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

χρόνῳ δὲ ὕστερον κατῆλθέ τε ὑπὸ Ἡρακλέους Τυνδάρεως καὶ ἀνενεώσατο τὴν ἀρχὴν· ἐβασίλευσαν δὲ καὶ οἱ Τυνδάρεω παῖδες καὶ Μενέλαος ὁ Ἀτρέως Τυνδάρεω γαμβρὸς ὢν Ὀρέστης τε Ἑρμιόνῃ τῇ Μενελάου συνοικῶν. κατελθόντων δὲ Ἡρακλειδῶν ἐπὶ Τισαμενοῦ τοῦ Ὀρέστου βασιλεύοντος, Μεσσήνη μὲν καὶ Ἄργος ἑκατέρα μοῖρα Τήμενον, ἡ δὲ Κρεσφόντην ἔσχεν ἄρχοντας· ἐν Λακεδαίμονι δὲ ὄντων διδύμων τῶν Ἀριστοδήμου παίδων οἰκίαι δύο βασίλειαι γίνονται·

English Translation

Later, after some time, Tyndareus was restored by Heracles' aid and regained the throne. The sons of Tyndareus also ruled, as well as Menelaus the son of Atreus, Tyndareus' son-in-law; and Orestes, who was wedded to Hermione, daughter of Menelaus. When the Heracleidae returned during the reign of Orestes' son Tisamenus, Argos and Messenia each received Temenus and Cresphontes respectively as their rulers. In Lacedaemon, due to the twins who were the sons of Aristodemus, two royal houses emerged.

Proper Nouns

Cresphontes (Κρεσφόντης) person
Menelaus (Μενέλαος) person
Temenos (Τήμενος) person
Tisamenus (Τισαμενός) person
Tyndareus (Τυνδάρεως) person
Aristodemus (Ἀριστοδήμος) person
Atreus (Ἀτρέυς) person
Also in: 2.16.6
Hermione (Ἑρμιόνη) person
Heracleidae (Ἡρακλεῖδαι) person
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person
Orestes (Ὀρέστης) person
Lacedaemon (Λακεδαίμων) place Q5690 Pleiades
Messene (Μεσσήνη) place Q1022117
Argos (Ἄργος) place Q13533353
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