Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.26.7

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Passage 5.26.7: Herakleia on the Euxine Sea, a Megarian colony with Tanagraian settlers.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

πρὸς δὲ τοῖς ἐλάσσοσιν ἀναθήμασι τοῦ Μικύθου, ποιηθεῖσι δὲ ὑπὸ Διονυσίου, πρὸς τούτοις Ἡρακλέους ἐστὶ τῶν ἔργων τὸ ἐς τὸν λέοντα τὸν ἐν Νεμέᾳ καὶ ὕδραν τε καὶ ἐς τὸν κύνα τοῦ Ἅιδου καὶ τὸν ἐπὶ Ἐρυμάνθῳ ποταμῷ κάπρον· ἐκόμισαν δὲ αὐτὰ ἐς Ὀλυμπίαν Ἡρακλεῶται Μαριανδυνῶν ὁμόρων βαρβάρων καταδραμόντες τὴν χώραν. ἡ δὲ Ἡράκλεια πεπόλισται μὲν ἐπὶ Εὐξείνῳ πόντῳ, ἀπῳκίσθη δὲ ἐκ Μεγάρων· μετέσχον δὲ καὶ Βοιωτῶν Ταναγραῖοι τοῦ οἰκισμοῦ.

English Translation

Near the smaller offerings dedicated by Mikythos, which were made by Dionysius, are representations of Heracles' labors: against the lion in Nemea, the Hydra, the dog of Hades, and the boar at the River Erymanthus. These were carried off to Olympia by the Heracleots after they had ravaged the land of the neighboring barbarian tribe of the Mariandynoi. Herakleia itself is a city established on the Euxine Sea, colonized originally from Megara, with the Tanagraeans of Boeotia taking part in the founding expedition.

Proper Nouns

Hades (Ἅιδης) deity Q41410
Boeotians (Βοιωτοί) person
Dionysius (Διονύσιος) person
Heracleots (Ἡρακλεῶται) person
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person
Mariandynians (Μαριανδυνοί) person
Mikythos (Μίκυθος) person Q1934135
Tanagraeans (Ταναγραῖοι) person
Erymanthus (Ἐρύμανθος) place Q1363703
Euxine Sea (Εὔξεινος πόντος) place Q1913944
Heraclea (Ἡράκλεια) place
Megara (Μέγαρα) place Q42307600
Nemea (Νεμέα) place Q748108
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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