Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.36.10

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Passage 8.36.10: Stone image of Hermes Akakesios at Akakesion

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

ὑπὸ τούτῳ δὲ τῷ λόφῳ πόλις τε ἦν Ἀκακήσιον Ἑρμοῦ τε Ἀκακησίου λίθου πεποιημένον ἄγαλμα καὶ ἐς ἡμᾶς ἐστιν ἐπὶ τοῦ λόφου, τραφῆναι δὲ Ἑρμῆν παῖδα αὐτόθι καὶ Ἄκακον τὸν Λυκάονος γενέσθαι οἱ τροφέα Ἀρκάδων ἐστὶν ἐς αὐτὸν λόγος· διάφορα δὲ τούτοις Θηβαῖοι καὶ αὖθις οὐχ ὁμολογοῦντα τοῖς Θηβαίων Ταναγραῖοι λέγουσιν.

English Translation

Below this hill there was the city Akakesion; there still remains even in our time upon the hill a stone image of Hermes Akakesios. There is a tradition among the Arcadians concerning him that Hermes was reared there as a child, and that Akakos, son of Lykaon, became his foster father. On these points, however, the Thebans differ, and the Tanagraeans, disagreeing in turn with the account of the Thebans, have yet another version.

Proper Nouns

Hermes (Ἑρμῆς) deity
Thebans (Θηβαῖοι) other
Tanagraeans (Ταναγραῖοι) other
Also in: 9.20.4
Akakesios (Ἀκακήσιος) other
Also in: 8.30.6
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) other
Lycaon (Λυκάων) person
Akakos (Ἄκακος) person
Akakesion (Ἀκακήσιον) place Q48781557
Also in: 8.3.2 8.27.4
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