Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.24.6

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Passage 7.24.6: Destruction of Helice by Poseidon's earthquake

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἔστι δὲ καὶ Ὁμήρῳ πεποιημένα ἐς Ἑλίκην καὶ τὸν Ἑλικώνιον Ποσειδῶνα. χρόνῳ δὲ ὕστερον Ἀχαιοῖς τοῖς ἐνταῦθα, ἱκέτας ἄνδρας ἀποστήσασιν ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ ἀποκτείνασιν, οὐκ ἐμέλλησε τὸ μήνιμα ἐκ τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος, ἀλλὰ σεισμὸς ἐς τὴν χώραν σφίσιν αὐτίκα κατασκήψας τῶν τε οἰκοδομημάτων τὴν κατασκευὴν καὶ ὁμοῦ τῇ κατασκευῇ καὶ αὐτὸ τῆς πόλεως τὸ ἔδαφος ἀφανὲς ἐς τοὺς ἔπειτα ἐποίησε.

English Translation

Homer also makes references to Helice and to Poseidon Heliconius. Later, the Achaeans living there drove some suppliants out from the sanctuary and slew them; the vengeance from Poseidon did not delay—immediately afterwards, an earthquake struck their land, destroying the buildings, and along with the structures, causing even the very ground of the city to disappear from the sight of future generations.

Proper Nouns

Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) deity
Helikonian Poseidon (Ἑλικώνιος Ποσειδῶν) deity
Achaeans (Ἀχαιοί) person
Also in: 7.9.2 7.9.7
Homer (Ὅμηρος) person
Helike (Ἑλίκη) place Q1432654
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