Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.1.5

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Passage 7.1.5: Ion's tomb at Potamoi and his rule over the Ionians.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τότε δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς Ἴωνος βασιλείας πολεμησάντων Ἀθηναίοις Ἐλευσινίων καὶ Ἀθηναίων Ἴωνα ἐπαγαγομένων ἐπὶ ἡγεμονίᾳ τοῦ πολέμου, τὸν μὲν ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ τὸ χρεὼν ἐπιλαμβάνει, καὶ Ἴωνος ἐν τῷ δήμῳ μνῆμα τῷ Ποταμίων ἐστίν· οἱ δὲ ἀπόγονοι τοῦ Ἴωνος τὸ Ἰώνων ἔσχον κράτος, ἐς ὃ ὑπʼ Ἀχαιῶν ἐξέπεσον καὶ αὐτοὶ καὶ ὁ δῆμος. τοῖς δὲ Ἀχαιοῖς τηνικαῦτα ὑπῆρξε καὶ αὐτοῖς ἐκ Λακεδαίμονος καὶ Ἄργους ὑπὸ Δωριέων ἐξεληλάσθαι·

English Translation

At this time during the reign of Ion, when war erupted between the people of Eleusis and the Athenians, the Athenians summoned Ion himself to be their leader in the conflict. Fate overtook Ion while still in Attica, and his tomb is located within the deme Potamoi. The descendants of Ion ruled over the Ionians until such time as they and their people were expelled by the Achaeans. The Achaeans themselves had previously been driven from Lacedaemon and Argos by the Dorians.

Proper Nouns

Dorians (Δωριεῖς) person
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Achaeans (Ἀχαιοί) person
Eleusinians (Ἐλευσίνιοι) person
Ion (Ἴων) person
Ionians (Ἴωνες) person
Lacedaemon (Λακεδαίμων) place Q5690 Pleiades
Potamii (Ποτάμιοι) place Q18010306
Attica (Ἀττική) place Q122443
Argos (Ἄργος) place Q13533353
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