Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.15.7

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Passage 8.15.7: Teucer's founding of Salamis and identity confusion with Telamon and Chalkodon

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

πῶς δὲ Τεῦκρος ᾤκισεν ἂν Σαλαμῖνα ἐν Κύπρῳ πόλιν, μηδενὸς ὡς ἀνέστρεψεν ἐκ Τροίας ἐκβαλόντος ἐκ τῆς οἰκείας; τίς δʼ ἂν ἐξήλασεν ἄλλος πλὴν ὁ Τελαμὼν αὐτόν; δῆλα οὖν ἐστι Χαλκώδοντα οὐ τὸν ἐξ Εὐβοίας καὶ Τελαμῶνα οὐ τὸν Αἰγινήτην ἐπὶ Ἠλείους Ἡρακλεῖ μετεσχηκέναι τῆς στρατείας· ὁμώνυμοι δὲ ἐπιφανέσιν ἄνδρες ἀφανέστεροι καὶ ἐφʼ ἡμῶν ἔτι καὶ τὸν ἅπαντα ἐγίνοντο ὁμοίως χρόνον.

English Translation

Indeed, how could Teucer have founded the city of Salamis in Cyprus if no one expelled him from his homeland when he returned from Troy? And who else could have expelled him other than Telamon himself? Thus it is clear that neither Chalkodon of Euboea nor Telamon of Aegina took part in Heracles' expedition against Elis; rather, men less celebrated happened to share the same names as notable figures, then as now, and indeed at all times.

Proper Nouns

Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) deity
Aeginetan (Αἰγινήτης) person
Telamon (Τελαμὼν) person
Teucer (Τεῦκρος) person
Chalcodon (Χαλκώδων) person
Eleans (Ἠλεῖοι) person
Euboea (Εὐβοία) place Q173096
Cyprus (Κύπρος) place Q229 Pleiades
Salamis (Σαλαμίς) place Q767089
Troy (Τροία) place Q22647
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