Pausanias Analysis

Passage 4.27.7

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Passage 4.27.7: Founding of Messene: walls built and Boeotian-Argive flute competitions.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

καὶ τὴν μὲν τότε ἡμέραν πρὸς θυσίαις τε καὶ εὐχαῖς ἦσαν, ταῖς δὲ ἐφεξῆς τοῦ τείχους τὸν περίβολον ἤγειρον καὶ ἐντὸς οἰκίας καὶ τὰ ἱερὰ ἐποιοῦντο. εἰργάζοντο δὲ καὶ ὑπὸ μουσικῆς ἄλλης μὲν οὐδεμιᾶς, αὐλῶν δὲ Βοιωτίων καὶ Ἀργείων· τά τε Σακάδα καὶ Προνόμου μέλη τότε δὴ προήχθη μάλιστα ἐς ἅμιλλαν. αὐτῇ μὲν δὴ τῇ πόλει Μεσσήνην ἔθεντο ὄνομα, ἀνῴκιζον δὲ καὶ ἄλλα πολίσματα.

English Translation

On that first day they were occupied with sacrifices and prayers; but on the following days they built the circuit-wall, and inside its boundary they made houses and sanctuaries. And they worked accompanied by music—not any other kind, but with the flute-playing of the Boeotians and Argives. At that time especially, the compositions of Sakadas and Pronomos were brought into competition. The city itself they named Messene, and they also settled additional smaller towns.

Proper Nouns

Pronomos (Πρόνoμος) person
Sakadas (Σακάδας) person
Boeotia (Βοιωτία) place Q187570
Messene (Μεσσήνη) place Q1022117
Argos (Ἄργος) place Q13533353
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