Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.2.2

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Passage 3.2.2: Spartans expel the Cynurians from Cynuria

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐπὶ δὲ Ἐχεστράτου τοῦ Ἄγιδος βασιλεύοντες ἐν Σπάρτῃ Κυνουρέας τοὺς ἐν τῇ ἡλικίᾳ Λακεδαιμόνιοι ποιοῦσιν ἀναστάτους, αἰτίαν ἐπενεγκόντες ὡς τὴν Ἀργολίδα συγγενῶν σφισιν ὄντων Ἀργείων λῃσταί τε ἐκ τῆς Κυνουριακῆς κακουργοῖεν καὶ αὐτοὶ καταδρομὰς ἐκ τοῦ φανεροῦ ποιοῖντο ἐς τὴν γῆν. λέγονται δὲ οἱ Κυνουρεῖς Ἀργεῖοι τὸ ἀνέκαθεν εἶναι, καὶ οἰκιστήν φασιν αὐτῶν Κύνουρον γενέσθαι τὸν Περσέως.

English Translation

During the reign of Echestratus son of Agis in Sparta, the Lacedaemonians forcibly expelled the Cynurians who were of military age, alleging as justification that while the Argives, their own kinsmen, inhabited Argolis, raiders from Cynuria continually committed criminal acts, and the Cynurians themselves openly launched incursions into Argive territory. It is said, moreover, that the Cynurians were originally Argives, and they claim that their founder was Cynurus, son of Perseus.

Proper Nouns

Kynoureans (Κυνουρέαι) person
Kynourians (Κυνουρεῖς) person
Also in: 3.7.2
Kynouros (Κύνουρος) person
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Perseus (Περσεύς) person
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) person
Agis (Ἄγις) person
Echestratus (Ἐχέστρατος) person
Also in: 3.2.3 4.4.2
Kynouria (Κυνουρία) place Q1431487
Also in: 3.2.3
Sparta (Σπάρτη) place Q5690 Pleiades
Argolis (Ἀργολίς) place Q12649101
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