Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.37.1

← 9.36.8 9.37.2 →

Passage 9.37.1: Clymenus slain at Onchestus; Erginus succeeds him as king.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἔδει δὲ ἄρα παυσθῆναι καὶ τὸ Ἄλμου γένος· οὐχ ὑπολείπεται γὰρ παῖδα Ὀρχομενός, καὶ οὕτως ἐς Κλύμενον τὸν Πρέσβωνος τοῦ Φρίξου περιῆλθεν ἡ ἀρχή. Κλυμένου δὲ γίνονται παῖδες, πρεσβύτατος μὲν Ἐργῖνος, ἐπὶ δὲ αὐτῷ Στράτιος καὶ Ἄρρων καὶ Πύλεος, νεώτατος δὲ Ἀζεύς. Κλύμενον μὲν ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ τοῦ Ὀγχηστίου Ποσειδῶνος Θηβαίων φονεύουσιν ἄνδρες ἐξ ἀφορμῆς μικρᾶς ἐς ἅπαν θυμοῦ προαχθέντες· Ἐργῖνος δὲ ὁ πρεσβύτατος τῶν Κλυμένου παίδων τὴν βασιλείαν παραλαμβάνει.

English Translation

Thus it was necessary that the line of Almus should also end, for Orchomenus left no child behind him, and the kingship therefore passed over to Clymenus, son of Presbon, who was the son of Phrixus. Clymenus had sons; the eldest was Erginus, next after him was Stratius, and then Arrhon and Pyleus, and the youngest was Azeus. Now, at the festival of Poseidon at Onchestus, certain Theban men slew Clymenus, having been led by an insignificant cause into great anger. Erginus, being the eldest of the sons of Clymenus, succeeded to the throne.

Proper Nouns

Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) deity
Clymenus (Κλύμενος) person
Presbon (Πρέσβων) person
Also in: 9.34.8
Pyleos (Πύλεος) person
Stratios (Στράτιος) person
Phrixos (Φρίξος) person
Azeus (Ἀζεύς) person
Also in: 9.37.7
Almos (Ἄλμος) person
Arrhon (Ἄρρων) person
Also in: 8.24.1
Erginus (Ἐργῖνος) person
Orchomenos (Ὀρχομενός) person
Thebes (Θῆβαι) place Q11225429
Onchestos (Ὀγχηστός) place Q3063303
Also in: 9.26.5
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