Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.1.11

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Passage 5.1.11: Actor founds the city Hyrmina in Elis.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἦν δὲ ὁ Ἀμαρυγκεὺς ἄλλως μὲν ἀγαθὸς τὰ ἐς τὸν πόλεμον, ὁ δέ οἱ πατὴρ Πυττίος Θεσσαλὸς τὰ ἄνωθεν ἦν καὶ ἐς τὴν Ἠλείαν ἀφίκετο ἐκ Θεσσαλίας. Ἀμαρυγκεῖ μὲν δὴ καὶ ἀρχῆς ἐν Ἠλείᾳ μετέδωκεν ὁ Αὐγέας, Ἄκτορι δὲ καὶ τοῖς παισὶ γένος τε ἦν ἐπιχώριον βασιλείας τε μετῆν σφισιν· Ἄκτωρ γὰρ πατρὸς μὲν Φόρβαντος ἦν τοῦ Λαπίθου, μητρὸς δὲ Ὑρμίνης τῆς Ἐπειοῦ, καὶ ᾤκισεν ἀπʼ αὐτῆς Ἄκτωρ πόλιν Ὑρμίναν ἐν τῇ Ἠλείᾳ.

English Translation

Amarynceus was otherwise skilled in warfare, and his father, Pyttius, was a Thessalian by origin, who had come to Elis from Thessaly. Augeas indeed granted Amarynceus a share of authority in Elis. As for Actor and his sons, their lineage was native-born, and they held kingly authority; for Actor was the son of Phorbas son of Lapithus, and his mother was Hyrmine, daughter of Epeius. Actor founded in Elis the city Hyrmina, which he named after her.

Proper Nouns

Augeas (Αὐγέας) person Q3629529
Thessalos (Θεσσαλός) person
Also in: 4.2.3 5.9.1 7.19.9
Lapithes (Λαπίθης) person
Pyttios (Πυττίος) person
Phorbas (Φόρβανς) person
Also in: 2.3.4 6.19.13
Amarynceus (Ἀμαρυγκεύς) person
Also in: 5.3.4
Actor (Ἄκτωρ) person
Epeios (Ἐπειός) person
Hyrmine (Ὑρμίνη) person
Thessaly (Θεσσαλία) place Q1247568
Elis (Ἠλεία) place Q6536845
Hyrmina (Ὑρμίνα) place Q1641568
Also in: 5.1.6
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