Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.2.2

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Passage 7.2.2: Colonizing expeditions to Sardinia and Thera.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐκ δὲ τῆς Ἑλλάδος τρίτος δὴ οὗτος στόλος ὑπὸ βασιλεῦσιν ἀλλοίοις ὄχλοις τε ἀλλοίοις ἐστάλησαν. τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἀρχαιότατα Ἰόλαος Θηβαῖος, ἀδελφιδοῦς ὁ Ἡρακλέους, Ἀθηναίοις ἐς Σαρδὼ καὶ Θεσπιεῦσιν ἡγήσατο· γενεᾷ δὲ μιᾷ πρότερον ἢ ἐξέπλευσαν ἐξ Ἀθηνῶν Ἴωνες, Λακεδαιμονίους τε καὶ Μινύας τοὺς ἐκβληθέντας ὑπὸ Πελασγῶν ἐκ Λήμνου Θήρας ὁ Αὐτεσίωνος Θηβαῖος ἤγαγεν ἐς τὴν νῆσον τὴν νῦν μὲν ἀπὸ τοῦ Θήρα τούτου, πρότερον δὲ ὀνομαζομένην Καλλίστην.

English Translation

This indeed was the third expedition sent from Greece, each under different leaders and composed of various groups. In the most ancient times, Iolaus of Thebes, nephew of Heracles, led the Athenians and the Thespians to Sardinia. A generation before the departure of the Ionians from Athens, Theras, son of Autesion, a Theban, conducted to the island then called Calliste—that which is now named Thera after himself—the Lacedaemonians and the Minyans expelled from Lemnos by the Pelasgians.

Proper Nouns

Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) other Q120096553
Thespians (Θεσπιεῖς) other Q127300767
Theban (Θηβαῖος) other
Ionians (Ἴωνες) other Q465331
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) other Q16157161
Minyans (Μινύαι) other Q1065225
Pelasgians (Πελασγοί) other Q107822
Also in: 4.36.1 8.4.1
Autesion (Αὐτεσίων) person Q101240374
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person
Theras (Θήρας) person
Iolaus (Ἰόλαος) person
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
Hellas (Ἑλλάς) place Q7798
Calliste (Καλλίστη) place Q56452489
Also in: 3.1.7 3.15.6
Lemnos (Λῆμνος) place Q192483 Pleiades
Sardinia (Σαρδώ) place Q1462
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