Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.13.3

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Passage 3.13.3: Karneios Oiketas worshiped in Sparta; Dorian spies learn the plan to seize the city from Krios.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ὁ δὲ Καρνειός, ὃν Οἰκέταν ἐπονομάζουσι, τιμὰς εἶχεν ἐν Σπάρτῃ καὶ πρὶν Ἡρακλείδας κατελθεῖν, ἵδρυτο δὲ ἐν οἰκίᾳ Κριοῦ τοῦ Θεοκλέους, ἀνδρὸς μάντεως· τούτου δὲ τοῦ Κριοῦ γεμιζούσῃ τῇ θυγατρὶ ὕδωρ συντυχόντες κατάσκοποι τῶν Δωριέων αὐτῇ τε ἀφίκοντο ἐς λόγους καὶ παρὰ τὸν Κριὸν ἐλθόντες διδάσκονται τὴν ἅλωσιν τῆς Σπάρτης.

English Translation

Karneios, whom they surname Oiketas, was honored in Sparta even before the return of the Herakleidai. His statue stood in the house of Krios, son of Theokles, a man who was a seer. Once, as Krios's daughter was drawing water, some Dorian spies encountered her, engaged her in conversation, and after being introduced to Krios, from him they learned how Sparta could be captured.

Proper Nouns

Carneus (Καρνεῖος) deity
Oiketēs (Οἰκέτης) deity
Dorians (Δωριεῖς) person
Theocles (Θεοκλῆς) person
Also in: 5.17.2 6.19.8
Krios (Κριός) person
Also in: 3.13.4 10.6.6
Heracleidae (Ἡρακλεῖδαι) person
Sparta (Σπάρτη) place Q5690 Pleiades
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