Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.3.3

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Passage 8.3.3: Arcadian towns named after the sons of Lycaon

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἀπὸ δὲ Ἑλισσόντος ἥ τε πόλις καὶ ὁ ποταμὸς Ἑλισσὼν τὰ ὀνόματα ἐσχήκασιν, ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ Μακαρία τε καὶ Δασέα καὶ Τραπεζοῦς ἀπὸ τῶν Λυκάονος ἐκλήθησαν καὶ αὗται παίδων. Ὀρχομενὸς δὲ ἐγένετο οἰκιστὴς Μεθυδρίου τε καλουμένης καὶ Ὀρχομενίων, οὓς ἐν τοῖς ἔπεσι πολυμήλους ὠνόμασεν Ὅμηρος. ὑπὸ δὲ Ὑψοῦντος καὶ Μελαινεαί τε ἐκτίσθησαν καὶ Ὑψοῦς, ἔτι δὲ Θυραῖόν τε καὶ Αἱμονιαί· δόξῃ δὲ τῇ Ἀρκάδων καὶ ἡ Θυρέα ἡ ἐν τῇ Ἀργολίδι γῇ καὶ ὁ Θυρεάτης καλούμενος κόλπος ἀπὸ τοῦ Θυραίου τούτου τὰ ὀνόματα ἐσχήκασι.

English Translation

Both the city and the river Elisson have received their names from Elisson; similarly, Makaria, Dasea, and Trapezus were also named after the sons of Lycaon. Orchomenus was the founder of both Methydrium and the city called Orchomenus, whose inhabitants Homer in his verses referred to as "rich in sheep." By Hypsous were founded both Melaneae and Hypsous itself, as well as Thyraeum and Haemoniae. According to Arcadian tradition, Thyrea in Argolis and the so-called Thyreatic Gulf derived their names from this Thyraeum.

Proper Nouns

Thyrean (Θυρεάτης) other
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) other
Orchomenians (Ὀρχόμενοι) other
Thyraios (Θυραῖος) person
Lycaon (Λυκάων) person
Orchomenos (Ὀρχομενός) person
Homer (Ὅμηρος) person
Hypsous (Ὑψοῦς) person
Haimoniai (Αἱμονιαί) place Q39081796
Dasea (Δασέα) place Q5226539
Also in: 8.27.4
Thyrea (Θυρέα) place Q3036391
Thyraion (Θυραῖον) place Q7799665
Makaria (Μακαρία) place
Also in: 8.27.4
Methydrion (Μεθύδριον) place Q60790161
Melaineai (Μελαινεαί) place Q125418965
Also in: 5.7.1 8.26.8
Trapezous (Τραπεζοῦς) place Q127431462
Argolis (Ἀργολίς) place Q12649101
Elisson (Ἑλισσός) place Q15137556
Hypsous (Ὑψοῦς) place Q12885662
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