Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.4.9

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Passage 7.4.9: Amphiclus and his descendant Hector expel the Abantes and Carians from the island.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἀφίκοντο δὲ καὶ Κᾶρες ἐς τὴν νῆσον ἐπὶ τῆς Οἰνοπίωνος βασιλείας καὶ Ἄβαντες ἐξ Εὐβοίας. Οἰνοπίωνος δὲ καὶ τῶν παίδων ἔλαβεν ὕστερον Ἄμφικλος τὴν ἀρχήν· ἀφίκετο δὲ ἐξ Ἱστιαίας ὁ Ἄμφικλος τῆς ἐν Εὐβοίᾳ κατὰ μάντευμα ἐκ Δελφῶν. Ἕκτωρ δὲ ἀπὸ Ἀμφίκλου τετάρτῃ γενεᾷ--- βασιλείαν γὰρ ἔσχε καὶ οὗτος---ἐπολέμησεν Ἀβάντων καὶ Καρῶν τοῖς οἰκοῦσιν ἐν τῇ νήσῳ, καὶ τοὺς μὲν ἀπέκτεινεν ἐν ταῖς μάχαις, τοὺς δὲ ἀπελθεῖν ἠνάγκασεν ὑποσπόνδους.

English Translation

During the reign of Oenopion, the Carians also arrived on the island, along with the Abantes from Euboea. Later, Amphiclus assumed rule after Oenopion and his sons; this Amphiclus had come from Histiaea in Euboea, guided by an oracle from Delphi. Hector, who belonged to the fourth generation after Amphiclus, also had the kingship. He went to war against the Abantes and the Carians who inhabited the island, killing some in battle and compelling others to leave under treaty.

Proper Nouns

Carians (Κᾶρες) person
Oinopion (Οἰνοπίων) person
Also in: 7.4.8 7.5.13
Abantes (Ἄβαντες) person
Also in: 5.22.4 7.2.4
Amphiklos (Ἄμφικλος) person
Hector (Ἕκτωρ) person
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
Euboea (Εὐβοία) place Q173096
Histiaia (Ἱστιαία) place Q107586662
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