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Strabo, Geography, 8.4.4


nanAdjacent to Methone is Acritas, which is the beginning of the Messenian Gulf. But this is also called the Asinaean Gulf, from Asine, which is the first town on the gulf and bears the same name as the Hermionic town. Asine, then, is the beginning of the gulf on the west, while the beginning on the east is formed by a place called Thyrides, which borders on that part of the Laconia of today which is near Cynaethius and Taenarum. Between Asine and Thyrides, beginning at Thyrides, one comes to Oitylus (by some called Baetylus); then to Leuctrum, a colony of the Leuctri in Boeotia; then to Cardamyle, which is situated on a rock fortified by nature; then to Pharae, which borders on Thuria and Gerenia, the place from which Nestor got his epithet Gerenian, it is said, because his life was saved there, as I have said before. In Gerenia is to be seen a sanctuary of Triccaean Asclepius, a reproduction of the one in the Thessalian Tricca. It is said that Pelops, after he had given his sister Niobe in marriage to Amphion, founded Leuctrum, Charadra, and Thalami (now called Boeoti), bringing with him certain colonists from Boeotia. Near Pharae is the mouth of the Nedon River; it flows through Laconia and is a different river from the Neda. It has a notable sanctuary of Athena Nedusia. In Poeaessa, also, there is a sanctuary of Athena Nedusia, named after some place called Nedon, from which Teleclus is said to have colonized Poeaessa and Echeiae and Tragium.


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1. Homer, Iliad, 5.541-5.560, 9.149-9.153 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

5.541. /and he fell with a thud, and upon him his armour clanged.Then Aeneas slew two champions of the Danaans, the sons of Diocles, Crethon and Orsilochus, whose father dwelt in well-built Pheme, a man rich in substance, and in lineage was he sprung from the river 5.542. /and he fell with a thud, and upon him his armour clanged.Then Aeneas slew two champions of the Danaans, the sons of Diocles, Crethon and Orsilochus, whose father dwelt in well-built Pheme, a man rich in substance, and in lineage was he sprung from the river 5.543. /and he fell with a thud, and upon him his armour clanged.Then Aeneas slew two champions of the Danaans, the sons of Diocles, Crethon and Orsilochus, whose father dwelt in well-built Pheme, a man rich in substance, and in lineage was he sprung from the river 5.544. /and he fell with a thud, and upon him his armour clanged.Then Aeneas slew two champions of the Danaans, the sons of Diocles, Crethon and Orsilochus, whose father dwelt in well-built Pheme, a man rich in substance, and in lineage was he sprung from the river 5.545. /Alpheius that flows in broad stream through the land of the Pylians, and that begat Orsilochus to be king over many men. And Orsilochus begat greatsouled Diocles, and of Diocles were born twin sons, Crethon and Orsilochus, well skilled in all manner of fighting. 5.546. /Alpheius that flows in broad stream through the land of the Pylians, and that begat Orsilochus to be king over many men. And Orsilochus begat greatsouled Diocles, and of Diocles were born twin sons, Crethon and Orsilochus, well skilled in all manner of fighting. 5.547. /Alpheius that flows in broad stream through the land of the Pylians, and that begat Orsilochus to be king over many men. And Orsilochus begat greatsouled Diocles, and of Diocles were born twin sons, Crethon and Orsilochus, well skilled in all manner of fighting. 5.548. /Alpheius that flows in broad stream through the land of the Pylians, and that begat Orsilochus to be king over many men. And Orsilochus begat greatsouled Diocles, and of Diocles were born twin sons, Crethon and Orsilochus, well skilled in all manner of fighting. 5.549. /Alpheius that flows in broad stream through the land of the Pylians, and that begat Orsilochus to be king over many men. And Orsilochus begat greatsouled Diocles, and of Diocles were born twin sons, Crethon and Orsilochus, well skilled in all manner of fighting. 5.550. /Now when the twain had reached manhood, they followed with the Argives on the black ships to Ilios famed for its horses, seeking to win recompense for the sons of Atreus, Agamemnon and Menelaus; but their own selves in that land did the doom of death enfold. Like them two lions upon the mountain tops 5.551. /Now when the twain had reached manhood, they followed with the Argives on the black ships to Ilios famed for its horses, seeking to win recompense for the sons of Atreus, Agamemnon and Menelaus; but their own selves in that land did the doom of death enfold. Like them two lions upon the mountain tops 5.552. /Now when the twain had reached manhood, they followed with the Argives on the black ships to Ilios famed for its horses, seeking to win recompense for the sons of Atreus, Agamemnon and Menelaus; but their own selves in that land did the doom of death enfold. Like them two lions upon the mountain tops 5.553. /Now when the twain had reached manhood, they followed with the Argives on the black ships to Ilios famed for its horses, seeking to win recompense for the sons of Atreus, Agamemnon and Menelaus; but their own selves in that land did the doom of death enfold. Like them two lions upon the mountain tops 5.554. /Now when the twain had reached manhood, they followed with the Argives on the black ships to Ilios famed for its horses, seeking to win recompense for the sons of Atreus, Agamemnon and Menelaus; but their own selves in that land did the doom of death enfold. Like them two lions upon the mountain tops 5.555. /are reared by their dam in the thickets of a deep wood; and the twain snatch cattle and goodly sheep and make havoc of the farmsteads of men, until themuselves are slain by the hands of men with the sharp bronze; even in such wise were these twain vanquished beneath the hands of Aeneas, and fell like tall fir-trees. 5.556. /are reared by their dam in the thickets of a deep wood; and the twain snatch cattle and goodly sheep and make havoc of the farmsteads of men, until themuselves are slain by the hands of men with the sharp bronze; even in such wise were these twain vanquished beneath the hands of Aeneas, and fell like tall fir-trees. 5.557. /are reared by their dam in the thickets of a deep wood; and the twain snatch cattle and goodly sheep and make havoc of the farmsteads of men, until themuselves are slain by the hands of men with the sharp bronze; even in such wise were these twain vanquished beneath the hands of Aeneas, and fell like tall fir-trees. 5.558. /are reared by their dam in the thickets of a deep wood; and the twain snatch cattle and goodly sheep and make havoc of the farmsteads of men, until themuselves are slain by the hands of men with the sharp bronze; even in such wise were these twain vanquished beneath the hands of Aeneas, and fell like tall fir-trees. 5.559. /are reared by their dam in the thickets of a deep wood; and the twain snatch cattle and goodly sheep and make havoc of the farmsteads of men, until themuselves are slain by the hands of men with the sharp bronze; even in such wise were these twain vanquished beneath the hands of Aeneas, and fell like tall fir-trees. 5.560. /But as they fell Menelaus dear to Ares had pity for them, and strode through the foremost fighters, harnessed in flaming bronze and brandishing his spear; and Ares roused his might with intent that he might be vanquished beneath the hands of Aeneas. 9.149. /Chrysothemis, and Laodice, and Iphianassa; of these let him lead to the house of Peleus which one he will, without gifts of wooing, and I will furthermore give a dower full rich, such as no man ever yet gave with his daughter. And seven well-peopled cities will I give him 9.150. /Cardamyle Enope, and grassy Hire, and sacred Pherae and Antheia with deep meadows, and fair Aepeia and vine-clad Pedasus. All are nigh to the sea, on the uttermost border of sandy Pylos, and in them dwell men rich in flocks and rich in kine 9.151. /Cardamyle Enope, and grassy Hire, and sacred Pherae and Antheia with deep meadows, and fair Aepeia and vine-clad Pedasus. All are nigh to the sea, on the uttermost border of sandy Pylos, and in them dwell men rich in flocks and rich in kine 9.152. /Cardamyle Enope, and grassy Hire, and sacred Pherae and Antheia with deep meadows, and fair Aepeia and vine-clad Pedasus. All are nigh to the sea, on the uttermost border of sandy Pylos, and in them dwell men rich in flocks and rich in kine 9.153. /Cardamyle Enope, and grassy Hire, and sacred Pherae and Antheia with deep meadows, and fair Aepeia and vine-clad Pedasus. All are nigh to the sea, on the uttermost border of sandy Pylos, and in them dwell men rich in flocks and rich in kine
2. Pindar, Olympian Odes, 1.35-1.94 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

3. Herodas, Mimes, 2.97 (3rd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)

4. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2.26.2, 2.26.7-2.26.8, 4.30.3 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

2.26.2. He went to Athens with his people and dwelt there, while Deiphontes and the Argives took possession of Epidauria. These on the death of Temenus seceded from the other Argives; Deiphontes and Hyrnetho through hatred of the sons of Temenus, and the army with them, because it respected Deiphontes and Hyrnetho more than Ceisus and his brothers. Epidaurus, who gave the land its name, was, the Eleans say, a son of Pelops but, according to Argive opinion and the poem the Great Eoeae, A poem attributed to Hesiod. the father of Epidaurus was Argus, son of Zeus, while the Epidaurians maintain that Epidaurus was the child of Apollo. 2.26.7. The third account is, in my opinion, the farthest from the truth; it makes Asclepius to be the son of Arsinoe, the daughter of Leucippus. For when Apollophanes the Arcadian, came to Delphi and asked the god if Asclepius was the son of Arsinoe and therefore a Messenian, the Pythian priestess gave this response:— 0 Asclepius, born to bestow great joy upon mortals, Pledge of the mutual love I enjoyed with Phlegyas' daughter, Lovely Coronis, who bare thee in rugged land Epidaurus . Unknown . This oracle makes it quite certain that Asclepius was not a son of Arsinoe, and that the story was a fiction invented by Hesiod, or by one of Hesiod's interpolators, just to please the Messenians. 2.26.8. There is other evidence that the god was born in Epidaurus for I find that the most famous sanctuaries of Asclepius had their origin from Epidaurus . In the first place, the Athenians, who say that they gave a share of their mystic rites to Asclepius, call this day of the festival Epidauria, and they allege that their worship of Asclepius dates from then. Again, when Archias, son of Aristaechmus, was healed in Epidauria after spraining himself while hunting about Pindasus, he brought the cult to Pergamus . 4.30.3. I heard also at Pharae that besides the twins a daughter Anticleia was born to Diocles, and that her children were Nicomachus and Gorgasus, by Machaon the son of Asclepius. They remained at Pharae and succeeded to the kingdom on the death of Diocles. The power of healing diseases and curing the maimed has remained with them to this day, and in return for this, sacrifices and votive offerings are brought to their sanctuary. The people of Pharae possess also a temple of Fortune (Tyche) and an ancient image.
5. Epigraphy, Ig Iv ,1, 122-124, 121



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
arsinoe Hawes, Pausanias in the World of Greek Myth (2021) 198, 199
asclepios Hawes, Pausanias in the World of Greek Myth (2021) 198, 199
asia, as origin of pelops Gruen, Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (2011) 228
asklepieia, asklepieia located in harbor areas Renberg, Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World (2017) 178
asklepieia, written evidence for incubation Renberg, Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World (2017) 178
asklepieia and lesser cult sites, gerenia Renberg, Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World (2017) 178
asklepieia and lesser cult sites, halieis Renberg, Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World (2017) 178
asklepieia and lesser cult sites, iasos Renberg, Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World (2017) 178
asklepieia and lesser cult sites, smyrna Renberg, Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World (2017) 178
asklepios, asklepios apobatērios Renberg, Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World (2017) 178
asklepios, asklepios trikkaia Renberg, Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World (2017) 178
asklepios, cults origin at trikka Renberg, Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World (2017) 178
asklepios, specific ailments cured, consumption/tuberculosis Renberg, Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World (2017) 178
asklepios, spread of cult Renberg, Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World (2017) 178
asklepios Renberg, Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World (2017) 178
chauvinism Hawes, Pausanias in the World of Greek Myth (2021) 193, 194, 198, 199
delphi, oracle of apollo Renberg, Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World (2017) 178
dioscouroi, the Hawes, Pausanias in the World of Greek Myth (2021) 193, 199
epichoric voices Hawes, Pausanias in the World of Greek Myth (2021) 198, 199
epidauros asklepieion, spread of cult from epidauros Renberg, Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World (2017) 178
epidauros asklepieion, written sources for incubation Renberg, Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World (2017) 178
epidauros asklepieion Renberg, Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World (2017) 178
epidauros miracle inscriptions, evidence for non-local visitors Renberg, Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World (2017) 178
fictive founder Gruen, Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (2011) 228
foundation legends, peloponnesus' Gruen, Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (2011) 228
genealogical organization Hawes, Pausanias in the World of Greek Myth (2021) 198
gerenia Hawes, Pausanias in the World of Greek Myth (2021) 193, 194, 198, 199
homer Hawes, Pausanias in the World of Greek Myth (2021) 198
kos asklepieion, cults establishment on kos Renberg, Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World (2017) 178
kos asklepieion, offshoot of trikka asklepieion Renberg, Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World (2017) 178
lebena asklepieion, clientele Renberg, Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World (2017) 178
leuctra Hawes, Pausanias in the World of Greek Myth (2021) 198, 199
machaon Hawes, Pausanias in the World of Greek Myth (2021) 198, 199
map-making Hawes, Pausanias in the World of Greek Myth (2021) 193, 194
messenia Hawes, Pausanias in the World of Greek Myth (2021) 193, 194, 198, 199
myth, and power Hawes, Pausanias in the World of Greek Myth (2021) 193, 194, 198, 199
mythographic topography Hawes, Pausanias in the World of Greek Myth (2021) 198, 199
oichalia Hawes, Pausanias in the World of Greek Myth (2021) 193, 194, 198
pausanias, judges mythic authenticity Hawes, Pausanias in the World of Greek Myth (2021) 198, 199
peiraeus asklepieion Renberg, Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World (2017) 178
peloponnesus, foundation legend Gruen, Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (2011) 228
pelops, as founder Gruen, Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (2011) 228
pharai Hawes, Pausanias in the World of Greek Myth (2021) 198, 199
pherecydes Gruen, Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (2011) 228
pindar Gruen, Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (2011) 228
pylos Hawes, Pausanias in the World of Greek Myth (2021) 198, 199
sacred animals (greek), serpents at epidauros asklepieion Renberg, Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World (2017) 178
sparta Hawes, Pausanias in the World of Greek Myth (2021) 193, 194, 198, 199
telegone Hawes, Pausanias in the World of Greek Myth (2021) 198
thucydides Gruen, Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (2011) 228
trikka asklepieion, linked to kos asklepieion Renberg, Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World (2017) 178
trikka asklepieion, original asklepios sanctuary Renberg, Where Dreams May Come: Incubation Sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman World (2017) 178
tyndareus Hawes, Pausanias in the World of Greek Myth (2021) 193
xerxes Gruen, Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (2011) 228