Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.19.11

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Passage 3.19.11: Leuke, an island in the Euxine Sea sacred to Achilles with a temple.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ὃν δὲ οἶδα λέγοντας Κροτωνιάτας περὶ Ἑλένης λόγον, ὁμολογοῦντας δέ σφισι καὶ Ἱμεραίους, ἐπιμνησθήσομαι καὶ τοῦδε. ἔστιν ἐν τῷ Εὐξείνῳ νῆσος κατὰ τοῦ Ἴστρου τὰς ἐκβολὰς Ἀχιλλέως ἱερά· ὄνομα μὲν τῇ νήσῳ Λευκή, περίπλους δὲ αὐτῇ σταδίων εἴκοσι, δασεῖα δὲ ὕλῃ πᾶσα καὶ πλήρης ζῴων ἀγρίων καὶ ἡμέρων, καὶ ναὸς Ἀχιλλέως καὶ ἄγαλμα ἐν αὐτῇ.

English Translation

I shall now mention a tradition concerning Helen which I know the people of Croton relate, and which the inhabitants of Himera also agree with. There is in the Euxine Sea an island located near the mouths of the Ister sacred to Achilles. The name of this island is Leuke, its circumference is twenty stadia, and it is entirely covered with trees, filled with wild and tame animals; and upon it there is a temple dedicated to Achilles and a statue of him.

Proper Nouns

Krotoniate (Κροτωνιάτης) person
Achilles (Ἀχιλλεύς) person
Helen (Ἑλένη) person
Himeraean (Ἱμεραῖος) person
Euxine (Black Sea) (Εὔξεινος (Πόντος)) place
Also in: 8.27.6
Leuke (Λευκή) place Q155868
Also in: 3.19.12 3.19.13
Ister (Ἴστρος) place Q1674841
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