Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.11.1

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Passage 9.11.1: House and bridal chamber of Amphitryon and Alcmena at the Electran Gates.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐν ἀριστερᾷ δὲ τῶν πυλῶν, ἃς ὀνομάζουσιν Ἠλέκτρας, οἰκίας ἐστὶν ἐρείπια ἔνθα οἰκῆσαί φασιν Ἀμφιτρύωνα διὰ τὸν Ἠλεκτρύωνος θάνατον φεύγοντα ἐκ Τίρυνθος· καὶ τῆς Ἀλκμήνης ἐστὶν ἔτι ὁ θάλαμος ἐν τοῖς ἐρειπίοις δῆλος. οἰκοδομῆσαι δὲ αὐτὸν τῷ Ἀμφιτρύωνι Τροφώνιόν φασι καὶ Ἀγαμήδην , καὶ ἐπίγραμμα ἐπʼ αὐτῷ ἐπιγραφῆναι τόδε· Ἀμφιτρύων ὅτʼ ἔμελλʼ ἀγαγέσθαι δεῦρο γυναῖκα Ἀλκμήνην, θάλαμόν γʼ εἱλίξατο τοῦτον ἑαυτῷ· Ἀγχάσιος δʼ ἐποίησε Τροφώνιος ἠδʼ Ἀγαμήδης.

English Translation

On the left of the gates called Electran Gates, there are the ruins of a house where, they say, Amphitryon dwelt when he fled from Tiryns on account of the death of Electryon. The bedchamber of Alcmena is still discernible among these ruins. They say that Trophonius and Agamedes built it for Amphitryon, and the following inscription was engraved upon it: "When Amphitryon was about to bring here Alcmena as his wife, he prepared this bridal chamber for himself; Trophonius and Agamedes of the land of Anchasia built it."

Proper Nouns

Trophonius (Τροφώνιος) person
Agamedē (Ἀγαμήδη) person
Also in: 9.37.7
Anchasius (Ἀγκάσιος) person
Alcmene (Ἀλκμήνη) person
Amphitryon (Ἀμφιτρύων) person
Electra (Ἠλέκτρα) person
Electryon (Ἠλεκτρύων) person
Also in: 2.22.8 2.25.9
Tiryns (Τίρυνς) place Q217379 Pleiades
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