Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.4.10

← 8.4.9 8.5.1 →

Passage 8.4.10: Lycurgus succeeds Aleus, kills Areithous, outlives sons Ancaeus and Epochus

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

μετὰ δὲ Ἄλιον τελευτήσαντα Λυκοῦργος ὁ Ἀλέου τὴν βασιλείαν πρεσβεῖα ἔσχε· παρέσχετο δὲ ἐς μνήμην Ἀρηίθοον ἄνδρα πολεμικὸν δόλῳ καὶ οὐ σὺν τῷ δικαίῳ κτείνας. γενομένων δὲ αὐτῷ παίδων Ἀγκαίου τε καὶ Ἐπόχου, τὸν μὲν νοσήσαντα ἐπιλαμβάνει τὸ χρεών, Ἀγκαῖος δὲ Ἰάσονί τε τοῦ πλοῦ μετέσχεν ἐς Κόλχους καὶ ὕστερον ὁμοῦ Μελεάγρῳ τὸ ἐν Καλυδῶνι κατεργαζόμενος θηρίον ἀπέθανεν ὑπὸ τοῦ ὑός. Λυκοῦργος μὲν δὴ πορρωτάτω γήρως ἀφίκετο ἐπιδὼν τοὺς παῖδας ἀμφοτέρους τελευτήσαντας·

English Translation

After the death of Aleus, Lycurgus, the son of Aleus, succeeded to the throne by right of seniority. But he was remembered for having killed Areithous, a warrior, through treachery and injustice rather than in fair combat. Lycurgus had two sons, Ancaeus and Epochus. Epochus was overtaken by sickness and fate, while Ancaeus participated in Jason's expedition to Colchis and afterward, while hunting with Meleager, was slain in Calydon by the boar. Lycurgus lived to an extremely old age, having witnessed the deaths of both his sons.

Proper Nouns

Lycurgus (Λυκοῦργος) person
Meleager (Μελέαγρος) person
Ancaeus (Ἀγκαῖος) person
Aleus (Ἀλεός) person
Areithous (Ἀρηίθοος) person
Alion (Ἄλιος) person
Epochus (Ἐπόχος) person
Jason (Ἰάσων) person
Calydon (Καλυδών) place Q750313
Colchis (Κολχοί) place Q183150
← 8.4.9 8.5.1 →