Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.10.3

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Passage 9.10.3: Seat of Manto and stone images of Henioche and Pyrrha

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἔστι δʼ ἐνταῦθα λίθος ἐφʼ ᾧ Μαντώ φασι τὴν Τειρεσίου καθέζεσθαι. οὗτος μὲν πρὸ τῆς ἐσόδου κεῖται, καί οἱ τὸ ὄνομά ἐστι καὶ ἐς ἡμᾶς ἔτι Μαντοῦς δίφρος· ἐν δεξιᾷ δὲ τοῦ ναοῦ λίθου πεποιημένας εἰκόνας Ἡνιόχης εἶναι, τὴν δὲ Πύρρας λέγουσι, θυγατέρας δὲ αὐτὰς εἶναι Κρέοντος, ὃς ἐδυνάστευεν ἐπιτροπεύων Λαοδάμαντα τὸν Ἐτεοκλέους.

English Translation

Here there is a stone upon which they say Manto, daughter of Teiresias, used to sit. It lies before the entrance, and even now is called the Seat of Manto. On the right side of the temple there are images made of stone: one is said to be Henioche, and the other Pyrrha. They say these were daughters of Creon, who governed as regent for Laodamas, son of Eteocles.

Proper Nouns

Creon (Κρέων) person
Laodamas (Λαοδάμας) person
Manto (Μαντώ) person
Pyrra (Πύρρα) person
Teiresias (Τειρεσίας) person
Eteocles (Ἐτεοκλῆς) person
Heniocha (Ἡνιόχη) person
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