Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.1.5

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Passage 5.1.5: Rival accounts of Endymion's death and his sanctuary on Mount Latmus

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

τῶν δὲ ἀδελφῶν οἱ τὸν μὲν καταμεῖναί φασιν αὐτοῦ, Παίονα δὲ ἀχθόμενον τῇ ἥσσῃ φυγεῖν ὡς πορρωτάτω, καὶ τὴν ὑπὲρ Ἀξιοῦ ποταμοῦ χώραν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ Παιονίαν ὀνομασθῆναι. τὰ δὲ ἐς τὴν Ἐνδυμίωνος τελευτὴν οὐ κατὰ τὰ αὐτὰ Ἡρακλεῶταί τε οἱ πρὸς Μιλήτῳ καὶ Ἠλεῖοι λέγουσιν, ἀλλὰ Ἠλεῖοι μὲν ἀποφαίνουσιν Ἐνδυμίωνος μνῆμα, Ἡρακλεῶται δὲ ἐς Λάτμον τὸ ὄρος ἀποχωρῆσαί φασιν αὐτὸν καὶ τιμὴν αὐτῷ νέ μουσι, καὶ ἄδυτον Ἐνδυμίωνός ἐστιν ἐν τῷ Λάτμῳ.

English Translation

As for the brothers, some say one of them remained there, but that Paeon, vexed at his defeat, went into exile as far away as possible, and the land beyond the river Axius was named Paeonia after him. Concerning the death of Endymion, the accounts given by the Heracleots near Miletus differ from those of the Eleans: the Eleans point out a tomb of Endymion, but the Heracleots state that he withdrew into Mount Latmus, and there they hold celebrations in his honour, and there is in Latmus a sanctuary sacred to Endymion.

Proper Nouns

Paeon (Παίων) person
Also in: 2.18.8 5.1.4
Endymion (Ἐνδυμίων) person
Eleans (Ἠλεῖοι) person
Heracleots (Ἡρακλεῶται) person
Latmus (Λάτμος) place Q854649
Miletus (Μίλητος) place Q169460
Paeonia (Παιονία) place Q249561
Also in: 10.19.7
Axios (Ἀξιός) place Q189596
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