Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.15.6

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Passage 8.15.6: Burials of Telamon and Chalkodon near the Aroanius and Oinoe

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

τέθαπται δὲ Τελαμὼν ἐγγύτατα τοῦ ποταμοῦ τοῦ Ἀροανίου, ἀπωτέρω μικρὸν ἢ ἔστι τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος, Χαλκώδων δὲ οὐ πόρρω κρήνης καλουμένης Οἰνόης. τὸν μὲν δὴ Ἐλεφήνορος τοῦ Εὐβοεῦσιν ἐς Ἴλιον ἡγησαμένου καὶ τὸν Αἴαντός τε καὶ Τεύκρου, τούτων μὲν τοὺς πατέρας οὐκ ἀποδέξαιτο ἄν τις ἐν τούτῳ πεσεῖν τῷ ἀγῶνι· πῶς μὲν γὰρ ἂν συνεπελάβετο Ἡρακλεῖ τοῦ ἔργου Χαλκώδων, ὃν πρότερον ἔτι ἀποκτεῖναι Ἀμφιτρύωνα καὶ μαρτυρεῖται καὶ πιστεύειν ἄξιά ἐστιν ἐν Θήβαις;

English Translation

Telamon is buried very near the river Aroanius, slightly further away than the sanctuary of Apollo, and Chalkodon lies not far from a spring called Oinoe. Now Elephenor, who led the Euboeans to Troy, and Ajax and Teucer—no one could suppose that their fathers fell in this battle. For how could Chalkodon have cooperated with Heracles in his undertaking, when it is attested—and the testimony from Thebes is worthy of belief—that Amphitryon had already killed him earlier?

Proper Nouns

Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Ajax (Αἴας) person Q14566703
Telamon (Τελαμὼν) person
Teucer (Τεῦκρος) person
Chalcodon (Χαλκώδων) person
Amphitryon (Ἀμφιτρύων) person
Elephenor (Ἐλεφήνωρ) person
Also in: 1.17.6
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person
Euboea (Εὔβοια) place Q173096
Thebes (Θῆβαι) place Q11225429
Oinoe (Οἰνόη) place Q17524320
Aroanios (Ἀροάνιος) place Q3555039
Ilium (Ἴλιον) place Q22647
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