Pausanias Analysis

Passage 4.31.11

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Passage 4.31.11: Temple and statue of Messene with paintings of Messenian rulers and heroes

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἔστι δὲ καὶ Μεσσήνης τῆς Τριόπα ναὸς καὶ ἄγαλμα χρυσοῦ καὶ λίθου Παρίου· γραφαὶ δὲ κατὰ τοῦ ναοῦ τὸ ὄπισθεν αἱ βασιλεύσαντές εἰσι Μεσσήνης, πρὶν μὲν ἢ στόλον ἀφικέσθαι τὸν Δωριέων ἐς Πελοπόννησον Ἀφαρεὺς καὶ οἱ παῖδες, κατελθόντων δὲ Ἡρακλειδῶν Κρεσφόντης ἐστίν, ἡγεμὼν καὶ οὗτος τοῦ Δωρικοῦ, τῶν δὲ οἰκησάντων ἐν Πύλῳ Νέστωρ καὶ Θρασυμήδης καὶ Ἀντίλοχος, προτετιμημένοι παίδων τῶν Νέστορος ἡλικίᾳ καὶ ἐπὶ Τροίαν μετεσχηκότες τῆς στρατείας.

English Translation

There is also a temple and a statue of Messene, daughter of Triopas, made of gold and Parian marble. On the back wall of the temple are paintings depicting rulers of Messene: Aphareus and his sons, who ruled before the expedition of the Dorians into the Peloponnese; Cresphontes, leader of the Dorian migration when the Heracleidae arrived; and among those who dwelt at Pylos, Nestor, Thrasymedes, and Antilochus, Nestor's sons especially honored for their youth and their participation in the expedition against Troy.

Proper Nouns

Dorians (Δωριεῖς) other
Dorian (people/culture) (Δωρικός) other
Heracleidae (Ἡρακλεῖδαι) other
Also in: 1.41.2
Thrasymedes (Θρασυμήδης) person
Cresphontes (Κρεσφόντης) person
Nestor (Νέστωρ) person
Triops (Τρίοψ) person
Also in: 4.1.1 7.26.12
Antilochus (Ἀντίλοχος) person
Aphareus (Ἀφαρεύς) person
Messene (Μεσσήνη) place Q1022117
Parian (Πάριος) place
Peloponnese (Πελοπόννησος) place Q78967
Pylos (Πύλος) place Q3904982
Troy (Τροία) place Q22647
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