Pausanias Analysis

Passage 4.2.6

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Passage 4.2.6: Lykos reveals the Great Gods' mysteries to Aphareus' family at Andania.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἀφίκετο δὲ ἐς τὴν Ἀρήνην καὶ Λύκος ὁ Πανδίονος, ὅτε καὶ αὐτὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν Αἰγέα ἐξ Ἀθηνῶν ἔφευγε· καὶ τὰ ὄργια ἐπέδειξε τῶν Μεγάλων θεῶν Ἀφαρεῖ καὶ τοῖς παισὶ καὶ τῇ γυναικὶ Ἀρήνῃ· ταῦτα δέ σφισιν ἐπεδείκνυτο ἀγαγὼν ἐς τὴν Ἀνδανίαν, ὅτι καὶ τὴν Μεσσήνην ὁ Καύκων ἐμύησεν ἐνταῦθα.

English Translation

Lykos, son of Pandion, had also come to Arene when he himself was fleeing Athens away from his brother Aegeus; and he revealed the mysteries of the Great Gods to Aphareus, his children, and his wife Arene. He showed them these rites after leading them to Andania, because it was there also that Kaukon had initiated Messene.

Proper Nouns

Great Gods (Μεγάλοι θεοί) deity
Aegeus (Αἰγεύς) person
Caucon (Καύκων) person
Lykos (Λύκος) person
Messene (Μεσσήνη) person
Pandion (Πανδίων) person
Aphareus (Ἄφαρεις) person
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
Andania (Ἀνδανία) place Q2537068 Pleiades
Arene (Ἀρήνη) place Q131911375
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