Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.25.9

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Passage 8.25.9: Adrastus and his divine horses Caerus and Arion

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἄδρηστος Ταλαὼ υἱὸς Κρηθηιάδαο πρώτιστος Δαναῶν ἑὼ αἰνέτω ἤλασεν ἵππω, Καιρόν τε κραιπνὸν καὶ Ἀρείονα Θελπουσαῖον, τόν ῥά τʼ Ἀπόλλωνος σχεδὸν ἄλσεος Ὀγκαίοιο αὐτὴ Γαῖʼ ἀνέδωκε, σέβας θνητοῖσιν ἰδέσθαι. Antimachus, unknown location.

English Translation

Adrastus, son of Talaus and descendant of Cretheus, was the very first of the Danaans who drove his famous horses: swift Caerus, and Arion from Thelpusa, whom Earth herself brought forth near the grove of Apollo Ogygius, a marvel for mortals to behold. Antimachus, unknown location.

Proper Nouns

Ge (Earth) (Γῆ) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Danaans (Δαναοί) other
Thelpousaion (Θελπουσαῖος) other
Antimachus (Antimachus) person Q577769
Keirus (Caeirus) (Καιρός) person
Kretheidas (Κρηθηιάδης) person
Talaos (Ταλαώς) person
Areion (Arion) (Ἀρείων) person
Adrastus (Ἄδρηστος) person
Oncaion (Oncaeus)/Oncaeum (Oncaeon) (Ὄγκαιον) place
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