Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.24.4

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Passage 8.24.4: The Erymanthus River and its source on Mount Lampeia

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἔχει δὲ τὰς πηγὰς ὁ Ἐρύμανθος ἐν ὄρει Λαμπείᾳ, τὸ δὲ ὄρος τοῦτο ἱερὸν εἶναι Πανὸς λέγεται· εἴη δʼ ἂν τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ Ἐρυμάνθου μοῖρα ἡ Λάμπεια. ἐποίησε δὲ Ὅμηρος ὡς ἐν Ταϋγέτῳ τε καὶ Ἐρυμάνθῳ θηρευτὴς οὖν τῆς Λαμπείας ὁ Ἐρύμανθος, καὶ Ἀρκαδίαν διεξελθὼν ἐν δεξιᾷ μὲν τὸ ὄρος ἔχων τὴν Φολόην, ἐν ἀριστερᾷ δὲ πάλιν Θέλπουσαν χώραν, κάτεισιν ἐς τὸν Ἀλφειόν.

English Translation

The Erymanthus River has its sources on Mount Lampeia, and this mountain is said to be sacred to Pan; indeed, Lampeia might properly be considered part of Mount Erymanthus. Homer himself represented Erymanthus as a place for hunting, as he did for Mount Taygetus. Thus, originating from Lampeia and flowing across Arcadia—with Mount Pholoe on its right and the district of Thelpusa on its left—the Erymanthus descends into the Alpheius River.

Proper Nouns

Pan (Πάν) deity
Homer (Ὅμηρος) person
Thelpousa (Θέλπουσα) place Q1142954
Lampeia (Λάμπεια) place Q15148035
Taygetos (Ταΰγετος) place Q515809
Pholoe (Φολόη) place Q2354090
Also in: 6.21.5 8.27.17
Alpheios (Ἀλφειός) place Q941745
Arcadia (Ἀρκαδία) place Q12898802
Erymanthos (Ἐρύμανθος) place Q1363703
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