Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.35.10

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Passage 8.35.10: Schoenus and Atalanta's racecourses.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

ὑπὲρ τούτου δὲ πεδίον τέ ἐστι Πώλου καλούμενον καὶ μετʼ αὐτὸ Σχοινοῦς, ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς Βοιωτοῦ Σχοινέως ἔχων τὴν κλῆσιν. εἰ δὲ ὁ Σχοινεὺς ἀπεδήμησεν οὗτος παρὰ τοὺς Ἀρκάδας, εἶεν ἂν καὶ οἱ τῆς Ἀταλάντης δρόμοι σύνεγγυς τῷ Σχοινοῦντι ὄντες οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς τούτου θυγατρὸς τὸ ὄνομα εἰληφότες. ἑξῆς δέ ἐστιν ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν καλούμενον, καὶ τοῖς πᾶσιν Ἀρκαδίαν εἶναι τὴν χώραν φασὶν ἐνταῦθα.

English Translation

Above it is a plain called Polos, and after that is Schoenus, named from Schoeneus, a man from Boeotia. If this Schoeneus indeed migrated here among the Arcadians, then the racecourses of Atalanta, named after his daughter, would appropriately be located near Schoenus. Next to it is a place called, as it seems to me and as is generally agreed, Arcadia.

Proper Nouns

Boiotos (Βοιωτός) person Q19720594
Schoinaios (Σχοινεύς) person
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) person
Atalanta (Ἀταλάντη) person
Polos (Πῶλος) place
Schoinous (Σχοινοῦς) place Q60791216
Arcadia (Ἀρκαδία) place Q12898802
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