Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.5.4

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Passage 8.5.4: Hippothous establishes his royal seat at Trapezous.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

παρέλαβε τὴν ἀρχὴν Ἱππόθους Κερκυόνος τοῦ Ἀγαμήδους τοῦ Στυμφήλου. καὶ τῷ μὲν ἐπιφανὲς συμβῆναι παρὰ τὸν βίον φασὶν οὐδέν, πλὴν ὅσον οὐκ ἐν Τεγέᾳ τὴν βασιλείαν κατεστήσατο ἀλλὰ ἐν Τραπεζοῦντι· Αἴπυτος δὲ ὁ Ἱππόθου μετὰ τὸν πατέρα ἔσχε τὴν ἀρχήν, καὶ Ὀρέστης ὁ Ἀγαμέμνονος κατὰ μαντείαν τοῦ ἐν Δελφοῖς Ἀπόλλωνος μετῴκησεν ἐς Ἀρκαδίαν ἐκ Μυκηνῶν.

English Translation

Hippothous inherited the kingdom, the son of Cercyon, who was the son of Agamedes, the son of Stymphalos. It is said that no notable event marked his life, except that he chose to establish his royal seat not in Tegea but in Trapezous. After Hippothous, Aepytus, his son, succeeded to the rule, and Orestes, the son of Agamemnon, following an oracle of Apollo at Delphi, migrated from Mycenae to Arcadia.

Proper Nouns

Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Aipytos (Αἴπυτος) person
Cercyon (Κερκύων) person
Also in: 8.45.7 8.53.6
Stymphalos (Στύμφηλος) person
Agamemnon (Ἀγαμέμνων) person
Agamedes (Ἀγαμήδης) person
Hippothous (Ἱππόθοος) person
Also in: 8.53.6
Orestes (Ὀρέστης) person
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
Mycenae (Μυκῆναι) place Q132564
Tegea (Τεγέα) place Q645234 Pleiades
Trapezus (Τραπεζούς) place Q7835586
Arcadia (Ἀρκαδία) place Q12898802
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