Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.26.4

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Passage 3.26.4: Leuctra with statues of Asclepius and Ino.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

Πέφνου δὲ στάδια εἴκοσιν ἀπέχει Λεῦκτρα. ἐφʼ ὅτῳ μὲν δή ἐστιν ὄνομα τῇ πόλει Λεῦκτρα, οὐκ οἶδα· εἰ δʼ ἄρα ἀπὸ Λευκίππου τοῦ Περιήρους, ὡς οἱ Μεσσήνιοί φασι, τούτου μοι δοκοῦσιν ἕνεκα οἱ ταύτῃ θεῶν μάλιστα Ἀσκληπιὸν τιμᾶν, ἅτε Ἀρσινόης παῖδα εἶναι τῆς Λευκίππου νομίζοντες. λίθου δέ ἐστιν Ἀσκληπιοῦ τε ἄγαλμα καὶ Ἰνοῦς ἑτέρωθι.

English Translation

Leuctra is twenty stadia distant from Pephnos. For what reason the city was named Leuctra, I do not know. But if it was indeed from Leucippus, the son of Perieres, as the Messenians say, it seems to me this is why the people in this region especially honor Asclepius among the gods, believing him to be the son of Arsinoë, the daughter of Leucippus. Here there is a stone statue of Asclepius and another statue of Ino standing elsewhere.

Proper Nouns

Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός) deity Q83223
Ino (Ἰνώ) deity Q223690
Messenians (Μεσσήνιοι) other
Leucippus (Λεύκιππος) person Q165589
Perieres (Περιήρης) person Q1388147
Arsinoe (Ἀρσινόη) person Q40234
Leuctra (Λεῦκτρα) place Q56761602
Phephnos (Πέφνος) place Q16617755
Also in: 3.26.2
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