Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.45.1

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Passage 8.45.1: Origin and parishes of Tegea; founders Tegeates and Aleus

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Τεγεᾶται δὲ ἐπὶ μὲν Τεγεάτου τοῦ Λυκάονος τῇ χώρᾳ φασὶν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ γενέσθαι μόνῃ τὸ ὄνομα, τοῖς δὲ ἀνθρώποις κατὰ δήμους εἶναι τὰς οἰκήσεις, Γαρεάτας καὶ Φυλακεῖς καὶ Καρυάτας τε καὶ Κορυθεῖς, ἔτι δὲ Πωταχίδας καὶ Οἰάτας Μανθυρεῖς τε καὶ Ἐχευήθεις· ἐπὶ δὲ Ἀφείδαντος βασιλεύοντος καὶ ἔνατός σφισι δῆμος προσεγένετο Ἀφείδαντες· τῆς δὲ ἐφʼ ἡμῶν πόλεως οἰκιστὴς ἐγένετο Ἄλεος.

English Translation

The Tegeans say that their land took its name originally from Tegeates, the son of Lycaon; at that time the inhabitants dwelt separately in parishes, namely the Gareatae, Phylakeis, Caryatae, Corytheis, Potachidae, Oeatae, Manthyreans, and Echeuetheis. In the reign of Apheidas a ninth parish, that of the Apheidantes, was added to these. Aleus was the founder of the city as it exists in our time.

Proper Nouns

Gareatae (Γαρεᾶται) person
Caryatae (Καρυᾶται) person
Corytheis (Κορυθεῖς) person
Lycaon (Λυκάων) person
Manthyreis (Μανθυρεῖς) person
Oeatae (Οἰᾶται) person
Potachidae (Πωταχίδαι) person
Tegeates (Τεγεάτης) person
Tegeans (Τεγεᾶται) person
Phylaces (Φυλακεῖς) person
Apheidantes (Ἀφείδαντες) person
Apheidas (Ἀφείδας) person
Aleus (Ἄλεος) person
Echeyetheis (Ἐχευήθεις) person
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