Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.12.5

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Passage 3.12.5: Hero-shrines to Iops, Amphiaraus, Lelex and a Poseidon Tainarion precinct

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

προϊόντων δὲ κατὰ τὴν Ἀφεταΐδα ἡρῷά ἐστιν Ἴοπός τε κατὰ Λέλεγα ἢ Μύλητα γενέσθαι δοκοῦντος καὶ Ἀμφιαράου τοῦ Ὀικλέους· τοῦτο δὲ τοὺς Τυνδάρεω παῖδας νομίζουσιν ἅτε ἀνεψιῷ τῷ Ἀμφιαράῳ ποιῆσαι· καὶ αὐτοῦ Λέλεγός ἐστιν ἡρῷον, τούτων δὲ οὐ πόρρω τέμενος Ποσειδῶνος Ταιναρίου ---Ταινάριον δὲ ἐπονομάζουσιν---

English Translation

As one advances along the Afetaïd region, there are hero-shrines to Iops, who is said to have been born from Lelex or Myles, and also to Amphiaraus, son of Oïkles. It is believed that the sons of Tyndareus established this shrine to Amphiaraus because he was their cousin. There is also a shrine there for Lelex himself. Not far from these stands a precinct sacred to Poseidon Tainarios, who is called Tainarion.

Proper Nouns

Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) deity Q41127
Amphiaraus (Ἀμφιάραος) person
Iopos (Ἴοπός) person
Lelex (Λέλεγας) person
Also in: 1.39.6
Mylitas (Μύλητας) person
Also in: 3.20.2
Oikleus (Οἰκλεύς) person
Tyndareus (Τυνδάρεως) person
Aphētis (Ἀφεταΐς) place
Also in: 3.12.1 3.12.8
Taenarum (Ταίναρον) place Q849911
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