Pausanias Analysis

Passage 4.23.10

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Passage 4.23.10: The sanctuary of Heracles Mantiklos for the Messenians

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ταῦτα δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς Ὀλυμπιάδος ἐπράχθη τῆς ἐνάτης καὶ εἰκοστῆς, ἣν Χίονις Λάκων τὸ δεύτερον ἐνίκα, Μιλτιάδου παρʼ Ἀθηναίοις ἄρχοντος. Μάντικλος δὲ καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν Μεσσηνίοις τοῦ Ἡρακλέους ἐποίησε, καὶ ἔστιν ἐκτὸς τείχους ὁ θεὸς ἱδρυμένος, Ἡρακλῆς καλούμενος Μάντικλος, καθάπερ γε καὶ Ἄμμων ἐν Λιβύῃ καὶ ὁ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι Βῆλος ὁ μὲν ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς Αἰγυπτίου Βήλου τοῦ Λιβύης ὄνομα ἔσχεν, Ἄμμων δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱδρυσαμένου ποιμένος. Μεσσηνίοις μὲν οὖν τοῖς φεύγουσιν ἐγεγόνει πέρας τῆς ἄλης·

English Translation

These events took place during the twenty-ninth Olympiad, in which Chionis the Spartan won his second victory, and Miltiades was archon in Athens. Mantiklos also built the sanctuary of Heracles for the Messenians; the god stands outside the city wall, and is known as Heracles Mantiklos, just as among the Libyans Ammon takes his name from the shepherd who dedicated him, and the Babylonian Bel derives his name from the Egyptian man Belus, son of Libya. Thus the wanderings of the exiled Messenians came to an end.

Proper Nouns

Belos (Βῆλος) deity Q2894617
Also in: 8.33.3
Ammon (Ἄμμων) deity Q58373
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) deity Q122248
Olympiad (Ὀλυμπιάς) other Q223134
Lacon (Λάκων) person
Mantiklos (Μάντικλος) person
Miltiades (Μιλτιάδης) person Q210350
Chionis (Χίονις) person Q1074480
Also in: 3.14.3 4.23.4
Babylon (Βαβυλών) place Q5684
Libya (Λιβύη) place Q2370577
Messenians (Μεσσήνιοι) place
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) place Q844930
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