Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.1.7

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Passage 5.1.7: Pelops seizes Pisa and builds the first Peloponnesian temple to Hermes.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Πέλοψ δὲ ἀποθανόντος Οἰνομάου τήν τε Πισαίαν ἔσχε καὶ Ὀλυμπίαν, ἀποτεμόμενος τῆς Ἐπειοῦ χώρας ὅμορον οὖσαν τῇ Πισαίᾳ· Ἑρμοῦ τε ἐν Πελοποννήσῳ ναὸν ἱδρύσασθαι καὶ θῦσαι τῷ θεῷ Πέλοπα ἔλεγον οἱ Ἠλεῖοι πρῶτον, ἀποτρεπόμενον τὸ ἐπὶ τῷ Μυρτίλου θανάτῳ μήνιμα ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ.

English Translation

After the death of Oenomaüs, Pelops obtained the land of Pisa and Olympia, having separated it from the territory of the Epeians, which bordered upon Pisa. The Eleans said that Pelops was the first in the Peloponnese to build a temple to Hermes and offer sacrifices to the god, seeking thereby to avert the divine wrath arising from the death of Myrtilus.

Proper Nouns

Hermes (Ἑρμῆς) deity
Myrtilus (Μυρτίλος) person
Oinomaos (Οἰνόμαος) person
Pelops (Πέλοψ) person
Epeios (Ἐπειός) person
Peloponnese (Πελοπόννησος) place Q78967
Pisaia (Πισαία) place Q15464085
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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