Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.37.4

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Passage 9.37.4: Erginus receives an oracle and fathers Trophonius and Agamedes.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐλθόντι δὲ ἐς Δελφοὺς καὶ ἐρομένῳ περὶ παίδων χρᾷ τάδε ἡ Πυθία· Ἐργῖνε Κλυμένοιο πάι Πρεσβωνιάδαο, ὄψʼ ἦλθες γενεὴν διζήμενος, ἀλλʼ ἔτι καὶ νῦν ἱστοβοῆι γέροντι νέην ποτίβαλλε κορώνην. λαβόντι δὲ αὐτῷ νέαν γυναῖκα κατὰ τὸ μάντευμα Τροφώνιος γίνεται καὶ Ἀγαμήδης .

English Translation

When he came to Delphi and asked about offspring, the Pythia delivered this oracle: "Erginus, son of Clymenus from Presbon, Late have you come in search of progeny; Yet even now, fix a youthful bride To your aged, ox-driving plow." Following the prophecy, he took a young wife, and thus were born to him Trophonius and Agamedes.

Proper Nouns

Clymenus (Κλύμενος) person
Presbon (Πρεσβωνιάδας) person
Pythia (Πυθία) person
Trophonius (Τροφώνιος) person
Agamedes (Ἀγαμήδης) person
Erginus (Ἐργῖνος) person
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
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