Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.1.3

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Passage 5.1.3: Aethlius and Endymion, early rulers of Elis.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τοὺς Ἠλείους ἴσμεν ἐκ Καλυδῶνος διαβεβηκότας καὶ Αἰτωλίας τῆς ἄλλης· τὰ δὲ ἔτι παλαιότερα ἐς αὐτοὺς τοιάδε εὕρισκον. βασιλεῦσαι πρῶτον ἐν τῇ γῇ ταύτῃ λέγουσιν Ἀέθλιον, παῖδα δὲ αὐτὸν Διός τε εἶναι καὶ Πρωτογενείας τῆς Δευκαλίωνος, Ἀεθλίου δὲ Ἐνδυμίωνα γενέσθαι·

English Translation

We know that the Eleans came across from Calydon and the rest of Aetolia; but concerning yet earlier times, I discovered the following about them. They say that the first to rule in this land was Aethlius, who was the son of Zeus and of Protogeneia, daughter of Deucalion, and that Endymion was the son of Aethlius.

Proper Nouns

Zeus (Ζεύς) deity
Deucalion (Δευκαλίων) person Q109979545
Protogeneia (Πρωτογένεια) person
Aethlios (Ἀέθλιος) person
Also in: 5.8.2
Endymion (Ἐνδυμίων) person
Eleans (Ἠλεῖοι) person
Aetolia (Αἰτωλία) place Q26857
Calydon (Καλυδών) place Q750313
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