Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.1.6

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Passage 7.1.6: Archander and Architeles, sons of Achaeus, settle in Argos and wed Danaus' daughters.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τὰ δὲ ἐς Ἴωνας καὶ Ἀχαιούς, ὁπόσα ἐπράχθη σφίσιν ἐπʼ ἀλλήλους, ἐπέξεισιν αὐτίκα ὁ λόγος μοι προδιηγησαμένῳ καθʼ ἥντινα αἰτίαν τοῖς Λακεδαίμονα οἰκοῦσι καὶ Ἄργος πρὸ τῆς τῶν Δωριέων καθόδου μόνοις Πελοποννησίων ὑπῆρξεν Ἀχαιοῖς καλεῖσθαι. Ἄρχανδρος Ἀχαιοῦ καὶ Ἀρχιτέλης ἐς Ἄργος ἀφίκοντο ἐκ τῆς Φθιώτιδος, ἐλθόντες δὲ ἐγένοντο Δαναοῦ γαμβροί, καὶ Αὐτομάτην μὲν Ἀρχιτέλης, Σκαιὰν δὲ ἔλαβεν Ἄρχανδρος. δηλοῦσι δὲ ἐν Ἄργει καταμείναντες οὐχ ἥκιστα ἐν τῷδε· Μετανάστην γὰρ τῷ παιδὶ ὄνομα ἔθετο Ἄρχανδρος.

English Translation

Concerning the Ionians and the Achaeans, whatever actions these peoples undertook against each other, my narrative will promptly set forth after I have first explained for what reason only those who dwelt in Lacedaemon and Argos among all the peoples of the Peloponnese were called Achaeans prior to the Dorian invasion. Archander and Architeles, sons of Achaeus, came to Argos from Phthiotis; once arrived, they became sons-in-law of Danaus, Architeles marrying Automate and Archander taking Scaea as his wife. That they settled permanently in Argos is shown most clearly by the following evidence: Archander gave his son the name Metanastes ("immigrant").

Proper Nouns

Automate (Αὐτομάτη) person
Danaus (Δαναός) person
Dorians (Δωριεῖς) person
Metanastes (Μετανάστης) person
Peloponnesians (Πελοποννήσιοι) person
Skaia (Σκαιά) person
Architeles (Ἀρχιτέλης) person
Also in: 2.6.5
Achaeans (Ἀχαιοὶ) person
Achaean (Ἀχαιός) person
Archandros (Ἄρχανδρος) person
Also in: 2.6.5
Ionians (Ἴωνες) person
Lacedaemon (Λακεδαίμων) place Q5690 Pleiades
Phthiotis (Φθιώτις) place Q2089144
Argos (Ἄργος) place Q13533353
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