Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.19.3

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Passage 6.19.3: Tartessus river and city (later called the Baetis) in Iberia.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

Ταρτήσσιον δὲ εἶναι ποταμὸν ἐν χώρᾳ τῇ Ἰβήρων λέγουσι στόμασιν ἐς θάλασσαν κατερχόμενον δυσὶ καὶ ὁμώνυμον αὐτῷ πόλιν ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ ποταμοῦ τῶν ἐκβολῶν κειμένην· τὸν δὲ ποταμὸν μέγιστόν τε ὄντα τῶν ἐν Ἰβηρίᾳ καὶ ἄμπωτιν παρεχόμενον Βαῖτιν ὠνόμασαν οἱ ὕστερον, εἰσὶ δʼ οἳ Καρπίαν Ἰβήρων πόλιν καλεῖσθαι νομίζουσι τὰ ἀρχαιότερα Ταρτησσόν.

English Translation

They say that Tartessus is a river in the land of the Iberians, flowing into the sea through two mouths, and a city bearing the same name is situated between these mouths of the river. Later generations called this river—being both the largest in Iberia and tidal—the Baetis. There are some who believe that Carpía, an Iberian city, was known in earlier times as Tartessus.

Proper Nouns

Iberians (Ἰβῆρες) person
Baetis (Βαῖτις) place Q14309
Karpia (Καρπία) place
Tartessos (Ταρτήσσις) place Q320416
Iberia (Ἰβηρία) place Q1203967
Also in: 4.36.3 10.32.19
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