Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.33.1

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Passage 9.33.1: Tomb of Tiresias at the spring Tilphusa near Haliartus.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐν Ἁλιάρτῳ δὲ τοῦ τε Λυσάνδρου μνῆμα καὶ Κέκροπος τοῦ Πανδίονός ἐστιν ἡρῷον. τὸ δὲ ὄρος τὸ Τιλφούσιον καὶ ἡ Τιλφοῦσα καλουμένη πηγὴ σταδίους μάλιστα Ἁλιάρτου πεντήκοντα ἀπέχουσι. λέγεται δὲ ὑπὸ Ἑλλήνων Ἀργείους μετὰ τῶν Πολυνείκους παίδων ἑλόντας Θήβας ἐς Δελφοὺς τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἄλλα τῶν λαφύρων καὶ Τειρεσίαν ἄγειν, καὶ---εἴχετο γὰρ δίψῃ---καθʼ ὁδόν φασιν αὐτὸν πιόντα ἀπὸ τῆς Τιλφούσης ἀφεῖναι τὴν ψυχήν· καὶ ἔστι τάφος αὐτῷ πρὸς τῇ πηγῇ.

English Translation

In Haliartus there is the tomb of Lysander, as well as a heroön dedicated to Cecrops, son of Pandion. Mount Tilphusium and the spring called Tilphusa lie approximately fifty stadia from Haliartus. The Greeks say that when the Argives, together with the sons of Polyneices, had captured Thebes, they brought to Delphi for the god not only other spoils, but also Tiresias himself. It is told that Tiresias, suffering from thirst along the journey, drank from the spring Tilphusa and there gave up his spirit. His tomb is situated near the spring.

Proper Nouns

Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) other
Cecrops (Κέκροψ) person
Lysander (Λύσανδρος) person
Pandion (Πανδίων) person
Polyneices (Πολυνείκης) person
Teiresias (Τειρεσίας) person
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) person
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
Thebes (Θῆβαι) place Q11225429
Tilphousion Mountain (Mount Tilphousion) (Τιλφούσιον ὄρος) place
Tilphousa (Τιλφοῦσα) place Q2433728
Haliartos (Ἁλίαρτος) place Q359627
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