Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.18.7

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Passage 8.18.7: Aroanian cave where Proetus' daughters were healed by Melampus and taken to Lousoi.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ὑπὲρ δὲ τὴν Νώνακριν ὄρη τε καλούμενα Ἀροάνια καὶ σπήλαιόν ἐστιν ἐν αὐτοῖς. ἐς τοῦτο ἀναφυγεῖν τὸ σπήλαιον τὰς θυγατέρας τὰς Προίτου μανείσας λέγουσιν, ἃς ὁ Μελάμπους θυσίαις τε ἀπορρήτοις καὶ καθαρμοῖς κατήγαγεν ἐς χωρίον καλούμενον Λουσούς. τοῦ μὲν δὴ ὄρους τῶν Ἀροανίων Φενεᾶται τὰ πολλὰ ἐνέμοντο· οἱ δὲ ἐν ὅροις ἤδη Κλειτορίων εἰσὶν οἱ Λουσοί.

English Translation

Above Nonacris are mountains called the Aroania, and there is a cave among them. They say it was to this cave that the daughters of Proetus fled when they were driven mad, and that Melampus brought them down from there by means of secret sacrifices and purifications, leading them to a place called Lousoi. Most of the Aroanian mountain was occupied by the Pheneatians, but Lousoi is already in the territory bordering Kleitor.

Proper Nouns

Melampus (Μελάμπους) person
Proetus (Προῖτος) person
Pheneatae (Φενεᾶται) person
Also in: 8.14.4
Cleitor (Κλείτωρ) place Q2537130
Lousoi (Λουσοί) place Q1572206
Also in: 8.19.1
Nonacris (Νώνακρις) place Q7049180
Aroania (Ἀροάνια) place Q630782
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