Pausanias Analysis

Passage 4.2.5

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Passage 4.2.5: Aphareus founds Arene and grants land to Neleus, who settles at Pylos.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ὁ δʼ οὖν Ἀφαρεὺς πόλιν τε ἔκτισεν ἐν τῇ Μεσσηνίᾳ τὴν Ἀρήνην καὶ Νηλέα τὸν Κρηθέως τοῦ Αἰόλου, Ποσειδῶνος δὲ ἐπίκλησιν, ἀνεψιὸν ὄντα αὐτῷ, φεύγοντα ἐξ Ἰωλκοῦ Πελίαν ἐδέξατο οἴκῳ καὶ τῆς γῆς οἱ ἔδωκε τὰ ἐπὶ θαλάσσῃ, ἐν οἷς ἄλλαι τε ἦσαν πόλεις καὶ ἡ Πύλος, ἔνθα καὶ ᾤκησε καὶ τὸ βασίλειον κατεστήσατο ὁ Νηλεύς.

English Translation

Aphareus founded the city of Arene in Messenia and welcomed into his home Neleus, the son of Cretheus son of Aeolus, surnamed Poseidon, who was his cousin and fleeing from Pelias out of Iolcus. He gave to him the land along the sea, where among other towns was Pylos, and it was there that Neleus settled and established his royal dwelling.

Proper Nouns

Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) deity
Aeolus (Αἴολος) person
Cretheus (Κρηθεύς) person
Also in: 5.8.2 9.36.8
Neleus (Νηλεύς) person
Pelias (Πελίας) person
Aphareus (Ἀφαρεύς) person
Messenia (Μεσσηνία) place Q1247159
Pylos (Πύλος) place Q3904982
Arene (Ἀρήνη) place Q131911375
Iolkos (Ἰωλκός) place Q662613
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