Pausanias Analysis

Passage 4.1.4

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Passage 4.1.4: The house of Ortilochus at Pherai in Messene.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

σαφέστερον δὲ ἔτι περὶ τοῦ τόξου λέγων τοῦ Ἰφίτου τὼ δʼ ἐν Μεσσήνῃ ξυμβλήτην ἀλλήλοιιν οἴκῳ ἐν Ὀρτιλόχοιο. Hom. Od. 21.15 τοῦ γὰρ Ὀρτιλόχου τὸν οἶκον ἐν τῇ Μεσσήνῃ πόλισμα εἴρηκε τὰς Φηράς, καὶ τόδε ἐξηγήσατο αὐτὸς ἐν Πεισιστράτου παρὰ Μενέλαον ἀποδημίᾳ· ἐς Φηρὰς δʼ ἵκοντο Διοκλῆος ποτὶ δῶμα, υἱέος Ὀρτιλόχοιο. Hom. Od. 3.488

English Translation

Speaking still more clearly concerning the bow of Iphitos, Homer says: "And they met one another in Messene, in the house of Ortilochus." (Odyssey 21.15) By the house of Ortilochus he indicates the city of Pherai in Messene, as he himself explains in the visit of Pisistratus to Menelaus: "And they came to Pherai, to the house of Diocles, son of Ortilochus." (Odyssey 3.488)

Proper Nouns

Diocles (Διοκλῆς) person
Iphitos (Ἰφίτος) person
Also in: 10.36.10
Menelaus (Μενέλαος) person
Ortilochus (Ὀρτιλοχος) person
Peisistratus (Πεισίστρατος) person Q242172
Messene (Μεσσήνη) place Q1022117
Pherai (Φηραί) place Q1571214
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