Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.5.2

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Passage 8.5.2: Agapenor's founding of Paphos and the sanctuary of Aphrodite.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἀγαπήνωρ δὲ ὁ Ἀγκαίου τοῦ Λυκούργου μετὰ Ἔχεμον βασιλεύσας ἐς Τροίαν ἡγήσατο Ἀρκάσιν. Ἰλίου δὲ ἁλούσης ὁ τοῖς Ἕλλησι κατὰ τὸν πλοῦν τὸν οἴκαδε ἐπιγενόμενος χειμὼν Ἀγαπήνορα καὶ τὸ Ἀρκάδων ναυτικὸν κατήνεγκεν ἐς Κύπρον, καὶ Πάφου τε Ἀγαπήνωρ ἐγένετο οἰκιστὴς καὶ τῆς Ἀφροδίτης κατεσκευάσατο ἐν Παλαιπάφῳ τὸ ἱερόν· τέως δὲ ἡ θεὸς παρὰ Κυπρίων τιμὰς εἶχεν ἐν Γολγοῖς καλουμένῳ χωρίῳ.

English Translation

Agapenor, the son of Ancaeus who was the son of Lycurgus, became king after Echemus and led the Arcadians to Troy. When Troy fell, a storm arose during the Greeks' voyage homeward and carried Agapenor along with the Arcadian fleet to Cyprus. There Agapenor became the founder of Paphos and built the sanctuary of Aphrodite in old Paphos. Previously, the goddess had received honors among the Cypriots in a place called Golgoi.

Proper Nouns

Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Cypriots (Κύπριοι) person
Also in: 6.2.5
Lycurgus (Λυκοῦργος) person
Agapenor (Ἀγαπήνωρ) person
Ancaeus (Ἀγκαῖος) person
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) person
Echemos (Ἔχεμος) person
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Golgoi (Γολγοί) place Q3561710
Cyprus (Κύπρος) place Q229 Pleiades
Paphos (Πάφος) place Q22988494
Also in: 8.24.6 8.53.7
Palaepaphos (Παλαιπάφος) place Q22988494
Troy (Τροία) place Q22647
Ilium (Ἴλιον) place Q22647
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