Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.17.6

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Passage 6.17.6: Clytius flees to Elis after Alcmaeon's murder.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

εἶναι δὲ καὶ μάντις ὁ Ἐπέραστος τοῦ Κλυτιδῶν γένους φησὶν ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐπιγράμματος τῇ τελευτῇ, τῶν δʼ ἱερογλώσσων Κλυτιδᾶν γένος εὔχομαι εἶναι μάντις, ἀπʼ ἰσοθέων αἷμα Μελαμποδιδᾶν. Μελάμποδος γὰρ ἦν τοῦ Ἀμυθάονος Μάντιος, τοῦ δὲ Ὀικλῆς, Κλυτίος δὲ Ἀλκμαίωνος τοῦ Ἀμφιαράου τοῦ Ὀϊκλέους· ἐγεγόνει δὲ τῷ Ἀλκμαίωνι ὁ Κλυτίος ἐκ τῆς Φηγέως θυγατρὸς καὶ ἐς τὴν Ἦλιν μετῴκησε, τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς εἶναι τῆς μητρὸς σύνοικος φεύγων, ἅτε τοῦ Ἀλκμαίωνος ἐπιστάμενος σφᾶς εἰργασμένους τὸν φόνον.

English Translation

Eperastus was also a seer, according to the epitaph upon his tomb, which says: "I proudly claim descent from the priestly line of the Klytidae, a seer, a scion of the Melampodidae, descendants of godlike men." For Mantius was the son of Melampus, son of Amythaon; from Mantius came Oicles, and from Oicles came Amphiaraus, whose son Alcmaeon was the father of Clytius. This Clytius was born to Alcmaeon by the daughter of Phegeus, and migrated to Elis, fleeing to dwell with his mother's brothers, since he knew that they had slain his father Alcmaeon.

Proper Nouns

Klytides (descendants of Klytis) (Κλυτίδες) person
Klytios (Κλυτίος) person
Also in: 10.14.2
Mantios (Μάντιος) person
Melampus (Μελάμποδος) person
Melampodidai (descendants of Melampus) (Μελαμποδῖδαι) person
Phgeus or Phegeus (Φηγέως) person
Alcmaeon (Ἀλκμαίων) person
Amythaon (Ἀμυθάων) person
Amphiaraos (Ἀμφιάραος) person
Eperastos (Ἐπέραστος) person
Also in: 6.17.5
Oikles (Ὀικλῆς) person
Oikleus (Ὀϊκλεύς) person
Elis (Ἦλις) place Q217667
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