Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.5.7

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Passage 8.5.7: Olaeas leads the return to Messene.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

Ὁλαίας δὲ ἦν Κυψέλου παῖς, ὃς καὶ τῆς ἀδελφῆς τὸν παῖδα Αἴπυτον, σὺν δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ οἱ ἐκ Λακεδαίμονος καὶ Ἄργους Ἡρακλεῖδαι κατάγουσιν ἐς Μεσσήνην. τοῦ δὲ ἦν Βουκολίων, τοῦ δὲ Φίαλος, ὃς τὸν Λυκάονος Φίγαλον οἰκιστὴν ὄντα ἀφελόμενος τὴν τιμὴν Φιαλίαν τὸ ὄνομα τῇ πόλει μετέθετο ἀφʼ ἑαυτοῦ· οὐ μὴν καὶ ἐς ἅπαν γε ἐξενίκησεν.

English Translation

Olaeas was the son of Cypselus. Along with Aepytus, the son of his sister, and together with the Heracleidae from Lacedaemon and Argos, he led a return to Messene. Olaeas had a son, Bucolion, whose son was Phialus. This Phialus robbed Phigalus, the founder and son of Lycaon, of his honor, renaming the city after himself—Phialia. Nevertheless, he was not entirely successful in asserting this new name.

Proper Nouns

Aipytos (Αἴπυτος) person
Bucolion (Βουκολίων) person
Also in: 8.3.2 8.39.2
Kypselos (Κύψελος) person
Lycaon (Λυκάων) person
Phialos (Φίαλος) person
Also in: 8.3.2 8.5.8 8.39.2
Phigalos (Φίγαλος) person
Also in: 8.3.1 8.39.2
Heracleidae (Ἡρακλεῖδαι) person
Holaias (Ὁλαίας) person
Lacedaemon (Λακεδαίμων) place Q5690 Pleiades
Messene (Μεσσήνη) place Q1022117
Phialia (Φιαλία) place Q7623270
Also in: 8.3.2
Argos (Ἄργος) place Q13533353
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