Pausanias Analysis

Passage 4.1.4

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Passage 4.1.4: The house of Ortilochus at Pherae 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 Iphitus, 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 Pherae in Messene, as he himself explains in the visit of Pisistratus to Menelaus: "And they came to Pherae, to the house of Diocles, son of Ortilochus." (Odyssey 3.488)

Proper Nouns

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