Pausanias, Description of Greece, ed. W. H. S. Jones, ed. H. A. Ormerod, ed. Gregory Nagy, 8.25.8

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[8] They quote verses from the Iliad and from the Thebaid in confirmation of their story. In the Iliad there are verses about Areion himself:

“Not even if he drive divine Areion behind,
The swift horse of Adrastos, who was of the lineage of the gods.”

Iliad 23.346

In the Thebaid it is said that Adrastos fled from Thebes:

“Wearing wretched clothes, and with him dark-maned Areion.”

Thebaid, unknown location

They will have it that the verses obscurely hint that Poseidon was father to Areion, but Antimakhos says that Earth was his mother:

Description of Greece. Pausanias. ed. W. H. S. Jones, ed. H. A. Ormerod, ed. Gregory Nagy. . .

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Ἑλλάδος Περιηγήσεως Perseus (Pausanias. Pausaniae Graeciae descriptio, Volumes 1-3. Spiro, Friedrich, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1903.) — 8.25.8 focus

[8] ἐπάγονται δὲ ἐξ Ἰλιάδος ἔπη καὶ ἐκ Θηβαΐδος μαρτύριά σφισιν εἶναι τῷ λόγῳ, ἐν μὲν Ἰλιάδι ἐς αὐτὸν Ἀρείονα πεποιῆσθαι,

οὐδʼ εἴ κεν μετόπισθεν Ἀρείονα δῖον ἐλαύνοι,

Ἀδρήστου ταχὺν ἵππον, ὃς ἐκ θεόφιν γένος ἦεν·

Hom. Il. 23.346 ἐν δὲ τῇ Θηβαΐδι ὡς Ἄδραστος ἔφευγεν ἐκ Θηβῶν

εἵματα λυγρὰ φέρων σὺν Ἀρείονι κυανοχαίτῃ.

Thebaid, unknown location. αἰνίσσεσθαι οὖν ἐθέλουσι τὰ ἔπη Ποσειδῶνα Ἀρείονι εἶναι πατέρα, Ἀντίμαχος δὲ παῖδα εἶναι Γῆς φησιν·

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Description of Greece Perseus (Pausanias. Pausanias Description of Greece, Volumes 1-4. Jones, W.H.S. (William Henry Samuel), translator; Ormerod, Henry Arderne, translator. London, New York: W. Heinemann, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1918-1935.) — 8.25.8 focus

[8] They quote verses from the Iliad and from the Thebaid in confirmation of their story. In the Iliad there are verses about Areion himself:

Not even if he drive divine Areion behind,

The swift horse of Adrastus, who was of the race of the gods.

Hom. Il. 23.346 In the Thebaid it is said that Adrastus fled from Thebes :

Wearing wretched clothes, and with him dark-maned Areion.

Thebaid, unknown location. They will have it that the verses obscurely hint that Poseidon was father to Areion, but Antimachus says that Earth was his mother:

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Gregory Nagy, Editors: Angelia Hanhardt and Keith DeStone, Web producer: Noel Spencer, Consultant for images: Jill Curry Robbins, \[\[Noel gives this a separate URN\]\]

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