Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.8.6

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Passage 9.8.6: Homoloidae: fugitives from Glisas led by Laodamas settled at Homole in Thessaly.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τὰς δὲ Ὁμολωίδας κληθῆναί φασιν ἐπὶ τοιῷδε. ἡνίκα ὑπὸ Ἀργείων μάχῃ πρὸς Γλίσαντι ἐκρατήθησαν, τότε ὁμοῦ Λαοδάμαντι τῷ Ἐτεοκλέους ὑπεξίασιν οἱ πολλοί· τούτων οὖν μοῖρα τὴν μὲν ἐς τοὺς Ἰλλυριοὺς πορείαν ἀπώκνησε, τραπόμενοι δὲ ἐς Θεσσαλοὺς καταλαμβάνουσιν Ὁμόλην, ὀρῶν τῶν Θεσσαλικῶν καὶ εὔγεων μάλιστα καὶ ὕδασιν ἐπιρρεομένην.

English Translation

They say the Homoloïdae received their name in the following way. After their defeat by the Argives in the battle at Glisas, most of them fled together with Laodamas, the son of Eteocles. Of these fugitives, a certain portion shrank from the journey to Illyria, and turning instead toward Thessaly, they occupied Homole, a region among the Thessalian mountains especially fertile and abundantly watered.

Proper Nouns

Homoloides (Ὁμολωίς) other
Thessalians (Θεσσαλοί) person
Laodamas (Λαοδάμας) person
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) person
Eteocles (Ἐτεοκλῆς) person
Illyrians (Ἰλλυριοί) person
Glisas (Γλίσας) place Q11924352
Thessalian (Θεσσαλικοί) place Q3984995
Homole (Ὁμόλη) place Q106557752
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