Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.24.2

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Passage 7.24.2: Zeus Homagyrios sanctuary at Aigion where Agamemnon mustered Greek leaders.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

πρὸς θαλάσσῃ δὲ Ἀφροδίτης ἱερὸν ἐν Αἰγίῳ καὶ μετʼ αὐτὸ Ποσειδῶνος, Κόρης τε πεποίηται τῆς Δήμητρος καὶ τέταρτον Ὁμαγυρίῳ Διί. ἐνταῦθα Διὸς καὶ Ἀφροδίτης ἐστὶ καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς ἀγάλματα· Ὁμαγύριος δὲ ἐγένετο τῷ Διὶ ἐπίκλησις, ὅτι Ἀγαμέμνων ἤθροισεν ἐς τοῦτο τὸ χωρίον τοὺς λόγου μάλιστα ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι ἀξίους, μεθέξοντας ἐν κοινῷ βουλῆς καθʼ ὅντινα χρὴ τρόπον ἐπὶ ἀρχὴν τὴν Πριάμου στρατεύεσθαι. Ἀγαμέμνονι δὲ καὶ ἄλλα ἐστὶν ἐς ἔπαινον καὶ ὅτι τοῖς ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἀκολουθήσασι καὶ οὐδεμιᾶς ἐπελθούσης ὕστερον στρατιᾶς τήν τε Ἴλιον ἐπόρθησε καὶ ὅσαι περίοικοι πόλεις ἦσαν.

English Translation

By the seaside in Aigion there is a sanctuary of Aphrodite, and after it one of Poseidon; likewise one dedicated to Kore, the daughter of Demeter, and a fourth for Zeus Homagyrios. In this place there are statues of Zeus, Aphrodite, and Athena. Zeus acquired the surname Homagyrios ("Gatherer"), because it was here that Agamemnon assembled those who were deemed most esteemed in Greece, that they might jointly deliberate regarding the manner in which war should be waged against Priam's realm. Additional praise for Agamemnon includes that he conquered Troy, as well as all the neighboring cities, with only that army which accompanied him from the beginning, without any later reinforcements joining him.

Proper Nouns

Demeter (Δήμητρα) deity Q40730
Zeus (Ζεύς) deity Q34201
Kore (Κόρη) deity Q45967
Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) deity Q41127
Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity Q37122
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity Q35500
Homagyrios Zeus (Ὁμαγύριος Ζεύς) deity
Also in: 7.24.3
Homagyrios (Ὁμαγύριος) other Q107260444
Priam (Πρίαμος) person Q1803
Agamemnon (Ἀγαμέμνων) person Q100293535
Aigion (Αἴγιον) place Q60790078
Hellas (Ἑλλάς) place Q7798
Ilium (Ἴλιον) place Q22647
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