Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.3.2

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Passage 8.3.2: Founders and renaming of several Arcadian towns

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Παλλαντίου μὲν δὴ καὶ Στησίχορος ὁ Ἱμεραῖος ἐν Γηρυονηίδι ἐποιήσατο μνήμην· Φιγαλία δὲ καὶ Ὀρεσθάσιον ἐν χρόνῳ μεταβάλλουσι τὰ ὀνόματα, Ὀρέστειόν τε ἀπὸ Ὀρέστου κληθεῖσα τοῦ Ἀγαμέμνονος καὶ Φιαλία ἀπὸ τοῦ Βουκολίωνος παιδὸς Φιάλου. Τραπεζεὺς δὲ καὶ Δασεάτας καὶ Μακαρεὺς καὶ Ἑλισσὼν καὶ Ἄκακός τε καὶ Θῶκνος Θωκνίαν πόλιν, ὁ δὲ Ἀκακήσιον ἔκτισεν· ἀπὸ τούτου δὲ τοῦ Ἀκάκου καὶ Ὅμηρος λόγῳ τῷ Ἀρκάδων ἐς Ἑρμῆν ἐποίησεν ἐπίκλησιν·

English Translation

Indeed, even Stesichorus of Himera makes mention of Pallantium in his "Geryoneïs." Phigalia and Oresthasion, however, changed their names over time; the first called Oresteion after Orestes, son of Agamemnon, and Phialia after Phialus, son of Bucolion. Trapezeus, Daseatas, Macareus, Helisson, Akakos and Thoknos also founded cities: Thoknos founded Thoknia, and Akakos founded Akakesion. It is from this same Akakos that Homer, following the Arcadian tradition, derived an epithet for Hermes.

Proper Nouns

Hermes (Ἑρμῆς) deity
Geryoneis (Γηρυονηίς) other
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) other
Himeraean (Ἱμεραῖος) other
Also in: 9.2.3
Bucolion (Βουκολίων) person
Also in: 8.5.7 8.39.2
Daseatas (Δασεάτας) person
Thoknos (Θῶκνος) person
Also in: 8.29.5
Makareus (Μακαρεὺς) person
Stesichorus (Στησίχορος) person
Trapezeus (Τραπεζεὺς) person
Phialos (Φίαλος) person
Also in: 8.5.7 8.5.8 8.39.2
Agamemnon (Ἀγαμέμνων) person
Akakos (Ἄκακός) person
Elisson (Ἑλισσὼν) person
Orestes (Ὀρέστης) person
Homer (Ὅμηρος) person
Thoknia (Θωκνία) place Q60790111
Also in: 8.29.5
Pallantion (Παλλάντιον) place Q11939941
Phialia (Φιαλία) place Q7623270
Also in: 8.5.7
Phigalia (Φιγαλία) place Q7623270
Akakesion (Ἀκακήσιον) place Q48781557
Also in: 8.27.4 8.36.10
Oresteion (Ὀρέστειον) place Q7101662
Oresthasion (Ὀρεσθάσιον) place Q7101662
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