Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.38.10

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Passage 8.38.10: Three rivers named Achelous

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

τὸν μέν γε ἐπὶ τὰς Ἐχινάδας κατιόντα Ἀχελῷον διὰ τῆς Ἀκαρνάνων καὶ διʼ Αἰτωλίας ἔφησεν ἐν Ἰλιάδι Ὅμηρος ποταμῶν τῶν πάντων ἄρχοντα εἶναι, ἕτερον δὲ Ἀχελῷον ῥέοντα ἐκ Σιπύλου τοῦ ὄρους ἐποιήσατο αὐτόν τε τὸν ποταμὸν καὶ τὸ ὄρος τὸν Σίπυλον τοῦ λόγου προσθήκην τοῦ ἐς Νιόβην· τρίτῳ δʼ οὖν καὶ τῷ περὶ τὸ ὄρος τὸ Λύκαιόν ἐστιν ὄνομα Ἀχελῷος.

English Translation

Indeed, Homer in the Iliad said that the Achelous river, flowing toward the Echinades islands through Acarnania and Aetolia, is leader over all rivers. However, he created another Achelous, flowing from Mount Sipylus; both this river and Mount Sipylus were added to the account of Niobe. There is also yet a third river called by the name Achelous around Mount Lycaeus.

Proper Nouns

Achelous (Ἀχελῷος) deity
Iliad (Ἰλιάς) other
Niobe (Νιόβη) person
Homer (Ὅμηρος) person
Aetolia (Αἰτωλία) place Q26857
Lykaion (Λύκαιον) place Q1878690
Sipylus (Σίπυλος) place Q532698
Acarnanians (Ἀκαρνᾶνες) place Q11904059
Also in: 1.25.4
Echinades (Ἐχινάδες) place Q767387
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