Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.31.5

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Passage 9.31.5: Hesiod's poems and prophetic verses.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

ἐγγέγραπται δὲ αὐτῷ τὰ Ἔργα. ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἑτέρα κεχωρισμένη τῆς προτέρας, ὡς πολύν τινα ἐπῶν ὁ Ἡσίοδος ἀριθμὸν ποιήσειεν, ἐς γυναῖκάς τε ᾀδόμενα καὶ ἃς μεγάλας ἐπονομάζουσιν Ἠοίας, καὶ Θεογονίαν τε καὶ ἐς τὸν μάντιν Μελάμποδα, καὶ ὡς Θησεὺς ἐς τὸν Ἅιδην ὁμοῦ Πειρίθῳ καταβαίη παραινέσεις τε Χίρωνος ἐπὶ διδασκαλίᾳ δὴ τῇ Ἀχιλλέως, καὶ ὅσα ἐπὶ Ἔργοις τε καὶ Ἡμέραις. οἱ δὲ αὐτοὶ οὗτοι λέγουσι καὶ ὡς μαντικὴν Ἡσίοδος διδαχθείη παρὰ Ἀκαρνάνων· καὶ ἔστιν ἔπη Μαντικά, ὁπόσα τε ἐπελεξάμεθα καὶ ἡμεῖς, καὶ ἐξηγήσεις ἐπὶ τέρασιν.

English Translation

Inscribed upon it are the Works of Hesiod. And there is another tradition separate from the first, that Hesiod composed a considerable number of verses, including those sung about women, called the Great Eoiae, and the Theogony, verses about the seer Melampus, concerning Theseus' descent into Hades alongside Peirithoüs, and the instructions of Chiron for the education of Achilles, as well as everything contained within the Works and Days. The very same authorities also relate that Hesiod learned divination from the Acarnanians; indeed, there exist prophetic verses attributed to him—many of which I myself have collected—along with explanations of prodigies.

Proper Nouns

Hades (Ἅιδης) deity
Theogony (Θεογονία) other
Mantika (Divinations/Prophecies) (Μαντικά) other
Works (as in 'Works and Days') (Ἔργα) other
Also in: 9.31.4
Ehoiai (Ἠοῖαι) other
Hēmerai (Days) (Ἡμέραι) other
Theseus (Θησεύς) person
Melampus (Μελάμπους) person
Peirithous (Πειρίθοος) person
Chiron (Χείρων) person
Achilles (Ἀχιλλεύς) person
Hesiod (Ἡσίοδος) person
Acarnanians (Ἀκαρνάνες) place Q11904059
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