Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.26.8

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Passage 8.26.8: Deserted Melaineai and nearby Buphagium, where the Buphagus springs mark the Megalopolitan–Heraean boundary.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

κατὰ δὲ τὴν ἐξ Ἡραίας ἄγουσαν ἐς Μεγάλην πόλιν εἰσὶ Μελαινεαί· ταύτας ᾤκισε μὲν Μελαινεὺς ὁ Λυκάονος, ἔρημος δὲ ἦν ἐφʼ ἡμῶν, ὕδατι δὲ καταρρεῖται. Μελαινεῶν δὲ τεσσαράκοντά ἐστιν ἀνωτέρω σταδίοις Βουφάγιον, καὶ ὁ ποταμὸς ἐνταῦθα ἔχει πηγὰς ὁ Βουφάγος κατιὼν ἐς τὸν Ἀλφειόν· τοῦ Βουφάγου δὲ περὶ τὰς πηγὰς ὅροι πρὸς Μεγαλοπολίτας Ἡραιεῦσίν εἰσιν.

English Translation

Along the road leading from Heraea towards Megalopolis are the Melaineai settlements, founded by Melaineus, the son of Lycaon; but in my day these places were deserted, having been flooded by water. About forty stadia above Melaineai is Buphagium, where the river Buphagus, descending into the Alpheius, has its sources. Around the springs of the Buphागुस river are boundary markers between the Megalopolitans and the Heraeans.

Proper Nouns

Bouphagos (Βουφάγος) other
Alpheios (Ἀλφειός) other
Also in: 6.22.6
Lycaon (Λυκάων) person
Megalopolitan (Μεγαλοπολίτης) person
Melaineus (Μελαινεύς) person
Heraieus (Ἡραιεύς) person
Bouphagion (Βουφάγιον) place Q60791755
Megalopolis (Μεγάλη πόλις) place Q36024972
Melaineai (Μελαινεαί) place Q125418965
Also in: 5.7.1 8.3.3
Heraia (Ἡραία) place Q3562285
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