Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.26.8

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Passage 3.26.8: Gerenia (Homeric Enope), associated with Nestor.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

πόλιν δὲ ὀνομαζομένην ἐν τοῖς ἔπεσιν Ἐνόπην τοῖς Ὁμήρου, Μεσσηνίους ὄντας, ἐς δὲ τὸ συνέδριον συντελοῦντας τὸ Ἐλευθερολακώνων, καλοῦσιν ἐφʼ ἡμῶν Γερηνίαν. ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ πόλει Νέστορα οἱ μὲν τραφῆναι λέγουσιν, οἱ δὲ ἐς τοῦτο ἐλθεῖν φεύγοντα τὸ χωρίον, ἡνίκα Πύλος ἡλίσκετο ὑπὸ Ἡρακλέους.

English Translation

The city which in Homeric verses is called Enope, inhabited by Messenians who in my day belong to the league of the Eleutherolakones, is today called Gerenia. Regarding this city, some say that Nestor was raised there, while others claim he fled there when Pylos was captured by Heracles.

Proper Nouns

Messenians (Μεσσήνιοι) person
Nestor (Νέστωρ) person
Eleutherolacones (Ἐλευθερολάκωνες) person
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person
Homer (Ὅμηρος) person
Gerenia (Γερηνία) place Q5550565
Pylos (Πύλος) place Q3904982
Enope (Ἐνόπη) place Q16652092
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