Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.18.2

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Passage 9.18.2: A stone marking Tydeus's grave at Thebes.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τούτου δὲ ἐγγύτατα τρεῖς εἰσιν ἀργοὶ λίθοι· Θηβαίων δὲ οἱ τὰ ἀρχαῖα μνημονεύοντες Τυδέα φασὶν εἶναι τὸν ἐνταῦθα κείμενον, ταφῆναι δὲ αὐτὸν ὑπὸ Μαίονος, καὶ ἐς μαρτυρίαν τοῦ λόγου παρέσχον τῶν ἐν Ἰλιάδι ἔπος Τυδέος, ὃν Θήβῃσι χυτὴ κατὰ γαῖα καλύπτει. Hom. Il. 14.114

English Translation

Very near this place there are three unworked stones. Those among the Thebans who preserve ancient memories say that the one lying here is Tydeus, and that he was buried by Maion; as proof of this story they cite the line from the Iliad concerning Tydeus: "whom the heaped earth covers in Thebes."

Proper Nouns

Iliad (Ἰλιάς) other
Homer, Iliad (Ὅμηρος, Ἰλιάς) other
Maion (Μαίων) person
Tydeus (Τυδεύς) person
Thebes (Θῆβαι) place Q11225429
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