Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.4.8

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Passage 8.4.8: Aleus builds the sanctuary and royal residence of Athena Alea at Tegea.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

μετὰ δὲ Αἴπυτον ἔσχεν Ἄλεος τὴν ἀρχήν· Ἀγαμήδης μὲν γὰρ καὶ Γόρτυς οἱ Στυμφήλου τέταρτον γένος ἦσαν ἀπὸ Ἀρκάδος, Ἄλεος δὲ τρίτον ὁ Ἀφείδαντος. Ἄλεος δὲ τῇ τε Ἀθηνᾷ τῇ Ἀλέᾳ τὸ ἱερὸν ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐν Τεγέᾳ τὸ ἀρχαῖον καὶ αὐτῷ κατεσκεύαστο αὐτόθι ἡ βασιλεία· Γόρτυς δὲ ὁ Στυμφήλου πόλιν Γόρτυνα ᾤκισεν ἐπὶ ποταμῷ· καλεῖται δὲ Γορτύνιος καὶ ὁ ποταμός. Ἀλέῳ δὲ ἄρσενες μὲν παῖδες Λυκοῦργός τε καὶ Ἀμφιδάμας καὶ Κηφεύς, θυγάτηρ δὲ ἐγένετο Αὔγη.

English Translation

After Aepytus, Aleus gained the kingship. Agamedes and Gortys, sons of Stymphalus, were the fourth generation from Arcas, while Aleus, son of Apheidas, was the third. Aleus built the ancient sanctuary to Athena Alea in Tegea, and made there his royal residence. Gortys, son of Stymphalus, founded the city Gortys by a river, from which the river itself is called Gortynius. Aleus had sons Lycurgus, Amphidamas, and Cepheus, and a daughter, Auge.

Proper Nouns

Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Alea (Ἀλέα) deity
Gortynios (Γορτύνιος) other
Also in: 2.11.8
Aipytos (Αἴπυτος) person
Auge (Αὖγή) person Q159948
Gortys (Γόρτυς) person
Cepheus (Κηφεύς) person
Lycurgus (Λυκοῦργος) person
Stymphalos (Στύμφηλος) person
Agamedes (Ἀγαμήδης) person
Amphidamas (Ἀμφιδάμας) person
Arcadian (Ἀρκάς) person
Apheidas (Ἀφείδας) person
Aleus (Ἄλεος) person
Gortyna (Γόρτυνα) place Q1538431
Tegea (Τεγέα) place Q645234 Pleiades
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