Pausanias Analysis

Passage 4.15.8

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Passage 4.15.8: Tomb of the Boar at Stenykleros where Heracles swore with Neleus' sons.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Λακεδαιμονίοις δὲ ἦλθον Κορίνθιοι συμμαχήσοντες καὶ Λεπρεατῶν τινες κατὰ ἔχθος τὸ Ἠλείων· Ἀσιναίοις δὲ ὅρκοι πρὸς ἀμφοτέρους ἦσαν. τὸ δὲ χωρίον τοῦτο, Κάπρου σῆμα, ἔστι μὲν ἐν Στενυκλήρῳ τῆς Μεσσηνίας, Ἡρακλέα δὲ αὐτόθι ὅρκον ἐπὶ τομίων κάπρου τοῖς Νηλέως παισὶ δοῦναι καὶ λαβεῖν παρὰ ἐκείνων λέγουσιν.

English Translation

The Corinthians came to help the Spartans, as did certain Lepreans, because of their hostility toward the Eleans; the Asinaeans, however, had sworn oaths to both sides. This particular place, called "Tomb of the Boar," is situated in Stenykleros in Messenia; they say that here Heracles gave and received an oath with the sons of Neleus upon pieces of a sacrificed boar.

Proper Nouns

Kapros (Κάπρος) person
Corinthians (Κορίνθιοι) person
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Lepreatae (Λεπρεᾶται) person
Also in: 3.8.3 5.5.3
Neleus (Νηλεύς) person
Asinaeans (Ἀσιναῖοι) person
Eleans (Ἠλεῖοι) person
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person
Messenia (Μεσσηνία) place Q1247159
Stenyclarus (Στενυκλήρ) place Q15829811
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