Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.3.5

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Passage 8.3.5: Oenotrus founding Oenotria, the first Greek colony in Italy.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Οἴνωτρος δὲ ὁ τῶν παίδων νεώτατος Λυκάονι ἀρσένων Νύκτιμον τὸν ἀδελφὸν χρήματα καὶ ἄνδρας αἰτήσας ἐπεραιώθη ναυσὶν ἐς Ἰταλίαν, καὶ ἡ Οἰνωτρία χώρα τὸ ὄνομα ἔσχεν ἀπὸ Οἰνώτρου βασιλεύοντος. οὗτος ἐκ τῆς Ἑλλάδος ἐς ἀποικίαν στόλος πρῶτος ἐστάλη· ἀναριθμουμένῳ δὲ ἐς τὸ ἀκριβέστατον οὐδὲ ἐκ τῶν βαρβάρων οὐδένες πρότερον ἢ Οἴνωτρος ἀφίκοντο ἐς τὴν ἀλλοδαπήν.

English Translation

Oenotrus, the youngest of the sons of Lycaon, requested money and men from his brother Nyctimus, and then sailed across by ships to Italy; from its king Oenotrus, the region of Oenotria received its name. This was the first colony dispatched from Greece. Indeed, according to the most careful reckoning, no foreigners either had come before Oenotrus into that foreign land.

Proper Nouns

Lycaon (Λυκάων) person
Nyktimos (Νύκτιμος) person
Also in: 8.3.1 8.4.1 8.24.1
Oinotros (Οἴνωτρος) person
Oinotria (Οἰνωτρία) place Q922562
Hellas (Ἑλλάς) place Q7798
Italy (Ἰταλία) place Q913582
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