Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.6.2

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Passage 7.6.2: Founding of Patrae by Patreus.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἦσαν δὲ οἱ τὸ μέγιστον ἐν τοῖς Ἀχαιοῖς ἔχοντες κράτος οἵ τε Τισαμενοῦ παῖδες Δαϊμένης καὶ Σπάρτων καὶ Τέλλις τε καὶ Λεοντομένης· Κομήτης δὲ ὁ πρεσβύτατος τῶν Τισαμενοῦ παίδων πρότερον ἔτι διεβεβήκει ναυσὶν ἐς τὴν Ἀσίαν. οὗτοί τε δὴ τηνικαῦτα ἐν τοῖς Ἀχαιοῖς ἐδυνάστευον καὶ Δαμασίας ὁ Πενθίλου τοῦ Ὀρέστου, τοῖς Τισαμενοῦ παισὶν ἀνεψιὸς πρὸς πατρός. ἴσχυον δὲ ἐπʼ ἴσης τοῖς κατειλεγμένοις καὶ Ἀχαιῶν τῶν ἐκ Λακεδαίμονος Πρευγένης καὶ ὁ υἱός, ὄνομα δέ οἱ ἦν Πατρεύς· καί σφισιν ὑπὸ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν ἐδόθη κτίσασθαι πόλιν ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ, καὶ τὸ ὄνομα ἀπὸ τοῦ Πατρέως ἐτέθη τῇ πόλει.

English Translation

Those who possessed the greatest authority among the Achaeans were the sons of Tisamenus: Daimenes, Sparton, Tellis, and Leontomenes; however, Cometes, the eldest of Tisamenus' sons, had previously crossed over by ships to Asia. At that time, these men held dominion over the Achaeans, along with Damasias, son of Penthilus, son of Orestes, who was their cousin on his father's side. Equal in power to these named men were Preugenes and his son, called Patreus, who were Achaeans from Lacedaemon. The Achaeans granted them the right to found a city in their territory, and the city took its name, Patrae, from Patreus.

Proper Nouns

Damasias (Δαμασίας) person
Daimenes (Δαϊμένης) person
Kometes (Κομήτης) person
Also in: 8.45.6
Leontomenes (Λεοντομένης) person
Patreus (Πατρεύς) person
Penthilos (Πενθίλος) person
Also in: 2.18.6 3.2.1
Preugenes (Πρευγένης) person
Sparton (Σπάρτων) person
Also in: 2.16.4
Tellis (Τέλλις) person
Also in: 3.14.1
Tisamenus (Τισαμενός) person
Achaeans (Ἀχαιοί) person
Orestes (Ὀρέστης) person
Lacedaemon (Λακεδαίμων) place Q5690 Pleiades
Asia (Ἀσία) place Q210718
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