Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.15.8

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Passage 3.15.8: Hero-shrines of Cadmus and his descendants beside Sparta's Painted Lounge

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐν Σπάρτῃ δὲ λέσχη τέ ἐστι καλουμένη Ποικίλη καὶ ἡρῷα πρὸς αὐτῇ Κάδμου τοῦ Ἀγήνορος τῶν τε ἀπογόνων, Οἰολύκου τοῦ Θήρα καὶ Αἰγέως τοῦ Οἰολύκου. ποιῆσαι δὲ τὰ ἡρῷα λέγουσι Μαῖσιν καὶ Λαίαν τε καὶ Εὐρώπαν, εἶναι δὲ αὐτοὺς Ὑραίου παῖδας τοῦ Αἰγέως. ἐποίησαν δὲ καὶ τῷ Ἀμφιλόχῳ τὸ ἡρῷον, ὅτι σφίσιν ὁ πρόγονος Τισαμενὸς μητρὸς ἦν Δημωνάσσης, ἀδελφῆς Ἀμφιλόχου.

English Translation

In Sparta there is a place called the Painted Lounge (Lesche Poikile), and beside it are the hero-shrines of Cadmus son of Agenor and his descendants—Oeolycus son of Theras and Aegeus son of Oeolycus. They say these shrines were made by Maisis, Laias, and Europas, who were sons of Hyraeus son of Aegeus. They also built the hero-shrine to Amphilochus, because their ancestor Tisamenus was the son of Demonassa, Amphilochus' sister.

Proper Nouns

Aegeus (Αἰγεύς) person
Demonassa (Δημωνάσσα) person
Europa (Εὐρώπη) person
Theras (Θήρας) person
Kadmos (Κάδμος) person
Laias (Λαίας) person
Mais (Μαῖς) person
Oiolykos (Οἰολύκος) person
Tisamenus (Τισαμενός) person
Agenor (Ἀγήνωρ) person
Amphilochos (Ἀμφιλόχος) person
Also in: 2.18.4 10.10.4
Hyraios (Ὑραῖος) person
Poikile (Ποικίλη) place Q936234
Also in: 1.15.1 5.21.17
Sparta (Σπάρτη) place Q5690 Pleiades
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