Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.1.7

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Passage 3.1.7: Theras leads a colony to Calliste and secures its royal rule.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ὀνόματα μὲν δὴ τοῖς παισὶν αὐτοῦ Προκλῆς καὶ Εὐρυσθένης ἐτέθη, δίδυμοι δὲ ὄντες διάφοροι τὰ μάλιστα ἦσαν. προεληλυθότες δὲ ἐπὶ μέγα ἀπεχθείας ὅμως ἐν κοινῷ Θήρᾳ τῷ Αὐτεσίωνος, ἀδελφῷ τῆς μητρὸς σφῶν ὄντι Ἀργείας, ἐπιτροπεύσαντι δὲ καὶ αὐτῶν, συνήραντο ἐς ἀποικίαν. τὴν δὲ ἀποικίαν ὁ Θήρας ἔστελλεν ἐς τὴν νῆσον τὴν τότε ὀνομαζομένην Καλλίστην, τοὺς ἀπογόνους οἱ τοῦ Μεμβλιάρου παραχωρήσεσθαι τῆς βασιλείας ἐλπίζων ἑκόντας, ὅπερ οὖν καὶ ἐποίησαν

English Translation

His sons were named Procles and Eurysthenes, who were twins but exceedingly different in character. Though they had fallen into great mutual enmity, they nonetheless came together in undertaking a colony under the leadership of Theras, son of Autesion. Theras himself was their guardian, being the brother of their Argive mother. Theras dispatched the colony to the island then called Calliste, anticipating that the descendants of Membliarus would voluntarily yield the royal rule to him—which indeed they did.

Proper Nouns

Autesion (Αὐτεσίων) person Q101240374
Eurysthenes (Εὐρυσθένης) person
Theras (Θήρας) person
Membliareus (Μεμβλιάρος) person
Procles (Προκλῆς) person
Argeia (Ἀργεία) person
Also in: 4.3.4
Kalliste (Καλλίστη) place Q56452489
Also in: 3.15.6 7.2.2
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