Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.21.7

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Passage 3.21.7: The eighteen Free Laconian cities and their locations.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἀριθμὸς δὲ τῶν Ἐλευθερολακώνων ὀκτὼ πόλεις καὶ δέκα εἰσί, πρώτη μὲν καταβᾶσιν ἐξ Αἰγιῶν ἐπὶ θάλασσαν Γύθιον, μετὰ δὲ αὐτὴν Τευθρώνη τε καὶ Λᾶς καὶ Πύρριχος, ἐπὶ Ταινάρῳ δὲ Καινήπολις Οἴτυλός τε καὶ Λεῦκτρα καὶ Θαλάμαι, πρὸς δὲ Ἀλαγονία τε καὶ Γερηνία· τὰ δὲ ἐπέκεινα Γυθίου πρὸς θαλάσσῃ Ἀσωπὸς Ἀκριαὶ Βοιαὶ Ζάραξ Ἐπίδαυρος ἡ Λιμηρὰ Βρασιαὶ Γερόνθραι Μαριός. αὗται μὲν οὖν εἰσιν αἱ λοιπαὶ τῶν Ἐλευθερολακώνων ἀπὸ τεσσάρων ποτὲ καὶ εἴκοσι πόλεων· τὰς δὲ ἄλλας, ἐφʼ ἃς ἂν καὶ αὐτὰς ὁ λόγος ἐπέλθῃ δή μοι, συντελούσας ἴστω τις ἐς Σπάρτην καὶ οὐχ ὁμοίως τοῖς προλεχθεῖσιν αὐτονόμους.

English Translation

The number of the Free Laconians amounts to eighteen cities. The first you encounter descending from Aigiai to the sea is Gythion; after this come Teuthrone, Las, and Pyrrhichos. On Taenarum are Kainépolis, Oitylos, Leuktra, and Thalamai; near these are Alagonia and Gerenia. Beyond Gythion towards the sea lie Asopos, Acriae, Boiai, Zarax, Epidaurus Limera, Brasiai, Geronthrai, and Marios. These are the remaining cities out of the original twenty-four Free Laconian settlements. As to the rest, which I may discuss in turn later, it should be understood that they were incorporated into Sparta and were not autonomous like those previously named.

Proper Nouns

Eleutherolaconian (Ἐλευθερολάκων) other
Aigion (Αἰγίον) place Q212686 Pleiades
Boiai (Βοιαί) place Q11909406
Brasiai (Βρασιαί) place Q4957784
Also in: 3.24.3 3.24.5
Gerenia (Γερηνία) place Q5550565
Geronthrae (Γερόνθραι) place Q15890352
Also in: 3.22.6 3.22.8
Gytheion (Γύθιον) place Q56398303
Zarax (Ζάραξ) place Q11955563
Also in: 1.38.4 3.24.1
Thalamae (Θαλάμαι) place Q16643340
Also in: 3.1.4 3.26.1
Kainepolis (Καινήπολις) place Q29788547
Also in: 3.25.9
Leuctra (Λεῦκτρα) place Q56761602
Las (Λᾶς) place Q7142558
Also in: 3.24.6
Marios (Μαριός) place Q48781575
Oitylos (Οἴτυλος) place Q11921115
Pyrrhichos (Πύρριχος) place Q7263760
Also in: 3.25.1
Sparta (Σπάρτη) place Q5690 Pleiades
Tainaron (Ταίναρον) place Q849911
Teuthrone (Τευθρώνη) place Q48781583
Also in: 3.25.4
Akriai (Ἀκριαί) place Q25858222
Alagonia (Ἀλαγονία) place Q3773354 Pleiades
Also in: 3.26.11
Asopus (Ἀσωπός) place Q622781
Epidauros Limera (Ἐπίδαυρος Λιμηρά) place Q12877135
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