Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.29.5

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Passage 9.29.5: The spring Aganippe and image of Eupheme on Mount Helicon

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐν Ἑλικῶνι δὲ πρὸς τὸ ἄλσος ἰόντι τῶν Μουσῶν ἐν ἀριστερᾷ μὲν ἡ Ἀγανίππη πηγή ---θυγατέρα δὲ εἶναι τὴν Ἀγανίππην τοῦ Τερμησσοῦ λέγουσι, ῥεῖ δὲ καὶ οὗτος ὁ Τερμησσὸς περὶ τὸν Ἑλικῶνα---, τὴν δὲ εὐθεῖαν ἐρχομένῳ πρὸς τὸ ἄλσος ἔστιν εἰκὼν Εὐφήμης ἐπειργασμένη λίθῳ· τροφὸν δὲ εἶναι τὴν Εὐφήμην λέγουσι τῶν Μουσῶν.

English Translation

On Helicon, as one proceeds toward the grove of the Muses, there is on the left side the spring Aganippe. They say Aganippe was the daughter of Termessus, and this Termessus also flows around Helicon. Continuing straight ahead towards the grove, one encounters an image of Eupheme, carved in stone. Eupheme, they say, was the nurse of the Muses.

Proper Nouns

Muses (Μοῦσαι) deity
Termessos (Τερμησσός) other
Aganippe (Ἀγανίππη) other
Eupheme (Εὐφήμη) person Q101508063
Helicon (Ἑλικών) place Q215516
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