Pausanias Analysis

Passage 4.3.10

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Passage 4.3.10: Sybotas institutes annual royal sacrifices to the river Pamisos and rites to Eurytos at Oichalia.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἴσθμιος δὲ ὁ Γλαύκου καὶ ἱερὸν τῷ Γοργάσῳ καὶ Νικομάχῳ τὸ ἐν Φαραῖς ἐποίησεν· Ἰσθμίου δὲ γίνεται Δωτάδας, ὃς ἐπίνεια καὶ ἄλλα τῆς Μεσσηνίας παρεχομένης τὸ ἐν Μοθώνῃ κατεσκευάσατο. Συβότας δὲ ὁ Δωτάδα τῷ τε ποταμῷ κατεστήσατο τῷ Παμίσῳ κατὰ ἔτος ἕκαστον θύειν τὸν βασιλεύοντα καὶ Εὐρύτῳ τῷ Μελανέως ἐναγίζειν ἐν Οἰχαλίᾳ πρὸ τῆς τελετῆς τῶν Μεγάλων θεῶν ἀγομένης ἔτι ἐν Ἀνδανίᾳ.

English Translation

Isthmios, the son of Glaukos, also built the sanctuary at Pharai dedicated to Gorgasos and Nikomachos. Dotadas, the son of Isthmios, established the harbor at Mothone after the Messenians had gained access to this and other coastal sites. Sybotas, son of Dotadas, ordained that each year the reigning king should make sacrifice to the river Pamisos, and should also offer rites in honor of Eurytos, son of Melaneus, at Oichalia, before the festival of the Great Gods that was still then held at Andania.

Proper Nouns

Great Gods (Μεγάλοι θεοί) deity
Glaukos (Γλαῦκος) person Q20002632
Gorgasos (Γοργάσος) person Q12875545
Dotadas (Δωτάδας) person Q5299413
Eurytus (Εὔρυτος) person Q1378597
Melaneus (Μελάνεως) person
Nikomachos (Νικόμαχος) person
Also in: 4.30.3
Sybotas (Σύβοτας) person
Isthmios (Ἴσθμιος) person
Also in: 4.3.8
Messenia (Μεσσηνία) place Q1247159
Methone (Μοθώνη) place Q60790706
Oechalia (Οἰχαλία) place Q60790408
Pamisos (Πάμισος) place Q3100663
Pharai (Φαραί) place Q16566337
Andania (Ἀνδανία) place Q2537068 Pleiades
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