Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.20.1

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Passage 9.20.1: Poimandros, legendary founder of Tanagra.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἔστι δὲ τῆς Ταναγραίας ἐπὶ θαλάσσῃ καλούμενον Δήλιον· ἐν δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ Ἀρτέμιδος καὶ Λητοῦς ἐστιν ἀγάλματα. Ταναγραῖοι δὲ οἰκιστήν σφισι Ποίμανδρον γενέσθαι λέγουσι Χαιρησίλεω παῖδα τοῦ Ἰασίου τοῦ Ἐλευθῆρος, τὸν δʼ Ἀπόλλωνός τε καὶ Αἰθούσης εἶναι τῆς Ποσειδῶνος. Ποίμανδρον δὲ γυναῖκά φασιν ἀγαγέσθαι Τάναγραν θυγατέρα Αἰόλου· Κορίννῃ δέ ἐστιν ἐς αὐτὴν πεποιημένα Ἀσωποῦ παῖδα εἶναι.

English Translation

On the seacoast of the Tanagran territory there lies a place called Delium; within it are statues of Artemis and Leto. The Tanagrans claim that their founder was Poimandros, the son of Chairesilaos, who himself was the son of Iasios, the son of Eleuther; this Eleuther, they say, was the son of Apollo and Aithousa, the daughter of Poseidon. They add that Poimandros took as his wife Tanagra, daughter of Aiolos. But according to Corinna's poem about her, she was a daughter of Asopos.

Proper Nouns

Leto (Λητώ) deity
Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Aithousa (Αἰθοῦσα) person
Aeolus (Αἴολος) person
Korinna (Κορίννα) person
Poimandros (Ποίμανδρος) person
Tanagra (Τανάγρα) person
Tanagraeans (Ταναγραῖος) person
Chairesilos (Χαιρήσῑλος) person
Asopos (Ἀσωπός) person
Eleuther (Ἐλευθήρ) person
Also in: 10.7.3
Iasios (Ἰάσιος) person
Delium (Δήλιον) place Q1184284
Also in: 1.29.13 3.6.1
Tanagra (Τανάγρα) place Q41818752
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