Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.18.6

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Passage 9.18.6: The spring Oedipodia and the tomb of Asphodicus.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

τῇ δὲ Οἰδιποδίᾳ κρήνῃ τὸ ὄνομα ἐγένετο, ὅτι ἐς αὐτὴν τὸ αἷμα ἐνίψατο Οἰδίπους τοῦ πατρῴου φόνου. πρὸς δὲ τῇ πηγῇ τάφος ἐστὶν Ἀσφοδίκου· καὶ ὁ Ἀσφόδικος οὗτος ἀπέκτεινεν ἐν τῇ μάχῃ τῇ πρὸς Ἀργείους Παρθενοπαῖον τὸν Ταλαοῦ, καθὰ οἱ Θηβαῖοι λέγουσιν, ἐπεὶ τά γε ἐν Θηβαΐδι ἔπη τὰ ἐς τὴν Παρθενοπαίου τελευτὴν Περικλύμενον τὸν ἀνελόντα φησὶν εἶναι.

English Translation

The spring Oedipodia received its name because there Oedipus washed away the blood of the murder of his father. Near the spring is the tomb of Asphodicus. This Asphodicus killed Parthenopaeus son of Talaus in the battle against the Argives, as the Thebans claim; however, in the poems of the Thebaid, it is said that Periclymenus was the one who slew Parthenopaeus.

Proper Nouns

Thebaid (Θηβαΐς) other
Also in: 8.25.8 9.9.5
Thebans (Θηβαῖοι) person
Oedipus (Οἰδίπους) person
Parthenopaeus (Παρθενοπαῖος) person
Periklymenos (Περικλύμενος) person
Also in: 2.18.8
Talaos (Τάλαως) person
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) person
Asphodikos (Ἀσφόδικος) person
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