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

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