Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.19.3

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Passage 5.19.3: Aethra at Helen's feet with an epigram about her abduction from Athens.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Αἴθρα δὲ ἡ Πιτθέως ὑπὸ τῆς Ἑλένης τοῖς ποσὶν ἐς ἔδαφος καταβεβλημένη μέλαιναν ἔχουσά ἐστιν ἐσθῆτα, ἐπίγραμμα δὲ ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς ἔπος τε ἑξάμετρον καὶ ὀνόματός ἐστιν ἑνὸς ἐπὶ τῷ ἑξαμέτρῳ προσθήκη· Τυνδαρίδα Ἑλέναν φέρετον, Αἴθραν δʼ ἕλκετον Ἀθάναθεν.

English Translation

Aethra, the daughter of Pittheus, appears cast to the ground at the feet of Helen. She wears dark garments, and inscribed upon them is an epigram: a single hexameter verse and the addition of one more name attached to the hexameter—"Tyndareus's daughter Helen do ye carry away, but drag away Aethra from Athens."

Proper Nouns

Aethra (Αἴθρα) person Q107503335
Pittheus (Πιτθεύς) person
Tyndarid (daughter of Tyndareus) (Τυνδαρίς) person
Helen (Ἑλένη) person
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
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