Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.6.1

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Passage 7.6.1: Achaean settlement of twelve former Ionian cities.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τότε δὲ ἀπεληλυθότων Ἰώνων τήν τε γῆν οἱ Ἀχαιοὶ τὴν Ἰώνων διελάγχανον καὶ ἐσῳκίζοντο ἐς τὰς πόλεις. αἱ δὲ δύο τε καὶ δέκα ἦσαν ἀριθμόν, ὁπόσαι γε καὶ ἐς ἅπαν τὸ Ἑλληνικὸν γνώριμοι, Δύμη μὲν πρὸς Ἤλιδος πρώτη, μετὰ δὲ αὐτὴν Ὤλενος καὶ Φαραὶ καὶ Τρίτεια καὶ Ῥύπες καὶ Αἴγιον καὶ Κερύνεια καὶ Βοῦρα, ἐπὶ ταύταις δὲ Ἑλίκη καὶ Αἰγαί τε καὶ Αἴγειρα καὶ Πελλήνη πρὸς τῆς Σικυωνίας ἐσχάτη· ἐς ταύτας οἱ Ἀχαιοὶ καὶ οἱ βασιλεῖς αὐτῶν ἐσῳκίζοντο πρότερον ἔτι ὑπὸ Ἰώνων οἰκουμένας.

English Translation

At that time, after the departure of the Ionians, the Achaeans divided among themselves the land formerly belonging to the Ionians and began settling in their cities. These cities were twelve in number, all of them well-known among the Greeks: first Dyme, bordering on Elis; next, Olenos, Pharae, Triteia, Rhypes, Aigion, Keryneia, and Boura; and, following these, Helike, Aigai, Aigeira, and Pellene, which lies farthest toward Sikyon. Into these cities, previously inhabited by the Ionians, the Achaeans and their kings began to settle.

Proper Nouns

Hellenic (Ἑλληνικόν) other
Achaeans (Ἀχαιοί) person
Ionians (Ἴωνες) person
Aegae (Αἰγαί) place Q16963755
Aigeira (Αἴγειρα) place Q18363976
Aigion (Αἴγιον) place Q60790078
Boura (Βοῦρα) place Q3555318
Dyme (Δύμη) place Q1231662
Ceryneia (Κερύνεια) place Q12879058
Pellene (Πελλήνη) place Q2068130
Sicyonia (Σικυωνία) place Q15464107
Triteia (Τρίτεια) place Q16737926
Pharai (Φαραί) place Q16566337
Helike (Ἑλίκη) place Q1432654
Elis (Ἦλις) place Q217667
Olenus (Ὤλενος) place Q11939304
Also in: 5.3.3
Rypes (Ῥύπες) place Q2148349
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