Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, ed. William W. Goodwin, 23

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Question 23.

Who is Μιξαραγέτας in Argos? And who are the Ἐλάσιοι?

Solution.

They call Castor Mixarchagetas, and are of opinion that he was buried in the country; but they worship Pollux as one of the celestial Deities. Those which they supposed were able to drive away the falling sickness, they called Elasii (expellers), esteeming them to be of the posterity of Alexida the daughter of Amphiaraus.

Quaestiones Graecae. Plutarch. ed. William W. Goodwin. Boston. 1874.

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Greek Questions (English) (Plutarch. Plutarch's Morals, Vol. II. Goodwin, William W., editor; Chauncy, Isaac translator. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company; Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1874.)

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Αἴτια Ἑλληνικά Perseus (Plutarch. Moralia, Vol. IV. Babbitt, Frank Cole, editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1936 (printing).) — 23 focus

[23] τίς ὁ μιξαρχαγέτας¹ ἐν Ἄργει καὶ τίνες 296f οἱ ἐλάσιοι;

μιξαρχαγέταν² τὸν Κάστορα καλοῦσι καὶ νομίζουσι παρʼ αὐτοῖς τεθάφθαι· τὸν δὲ Πολυδεύκην ὡς ἕνα τῶν Ὀλυμπίων σέβονται. τοὺς δὲ τὰς ἐπιληψίας ἀποτρέπειν δοκοῦντας ἐλασίους μὲν ὀνομάζουσι, δοκοῦσι δὲ τῶν Ἀλεξίδας τῆς Ἀμφιαράου θυγατρὸς ἀπογόνων εἶναι.

Κεφαλαίων καταγραφή Ἑλληνικά Perseus (Plutarch. Plutarchi Chaeronensis Moralia, Vol IΙ. Vernardakēs, Grēgorios N., editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1889.) — 23 focus

[23] τίς ὁ μιξαρχαγέτας ¹ ἐν Ἄργει καὶ τίνες οἱ 25 296f ἐλάσιοι; μιξαρχαγέταν² τὸν Κάστορα καλοῦσι καὶ νομίζουσι παρʼ αὐτοῖς τεθάφθαι· τὸν δὲ Πολυδεύκην ὡς ἕνα τῶν Ὀλυμπίων σέβονται. τοὺς δὲ τὰς ἐπιληψίας ἀποτρέπειν δοκοῦντας ἐλασίους μὲν ὀνομάζουσι, δοκοῦσι δὲ τῶν Ἀλεξίδας τῆς Ἀμφιαράου θυγατρὸς ἀπογόνων εἶναι. 5

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The Greek Questions Perseus (Plutarch. Moralia, Vol. IV. Babbitt, Frank Cole, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1936 (printing).) — 23 focus

[23] Who is the Associate-founder ( mixarchagetas) at Argos, and who are the Averters ( elasioi)?

They call Castor the Associate-founder, and think that he is buried in Argive territory, but Poly deuces they reverence as one of the Olympians. Persons who have the reputed ability to turn away attacks of epilepsy they call Avertere, and these are thought to be of the descendants of Alexida, the daughter of Amphiaraüs.

Plutarch Quaestiones Graecae 23

ed. William W. Goodwin

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