Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.6.3

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Passage 5.6.3: Ruins of Samicum by the Anigrus River (formerly called Minyeius)

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

τὰ δὲ ἐρείπια ταῦτα πλησιαίτατά ἐστι τοῦ Ἀνίγρου. καὶ Ἀρήνην μὲν ἀμφισβητοίης ἂν μὴ ὀνομασθῆναι τὸ Σαμικόν, τῷ δὲ ποταμῷ Ἀνίγρῳ Μινυήιον τὸ ὄνομα εἶναι τὸ ἀρχαῖον ὡμολογήκασιν οἱ Ἀρκάδες. ὅρον δὲ Ἠλείοις πρὸς τὴν Μεσσηνίαν τῆς Νέδας τὰ ἐπὶ θαλάσσῃ γενέσθαι τις πείθοιτο ἂν ὁμοῦ τῇ ἐς Πελοπόννησον Ἡρακλειδῶν καθόδῳ.

English Translation

These ruins lie very close to the Anigrus River. Now, though one might dispute that Samicum was once called Arene, the Arcadians themselves do agree that the river Anigrus was originally named Minyeius. One might also reasonably be convinced that, from the time of the Heracleidae's invasion into the Peloponnese, the boundary between the Eleans and Messenia on the coast has been at the river Neda.

Proper Nouns

Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) person
Eleans (Ἠλεῖοι) person
Heracleidae (Ἡρακλεῖδαι) person
Messenia (Μεσσηνία) place Q1247159
Minyeion (Μινυήιον) place
Neda (Νέδα) place Q1641987
Peloponnese (Πελοπόννησος) place Q78967
Samikon (Σαμικόν) place Q3558588
Anigrus (Ἀνίγρος) place Q546636
Also in: 5.5.9 5.5.10
Arene (Ἀρήνη) place Q131911375
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