Pausanias Analysis - Current Sentence Tags 10.6

Chapter 10.6

Passage	Sentence	Bucket	Confidence	Greek	English	Rationale
10.6.1	1	mythic	high	πόλιν δὲ ἀρχαιοτάτην οἰκισθῆναί φασιν ἐνταῦθα ὑπὸ Παρνασσοῦ, Κλεοδώρας δὲ εἶναι νύμφης παῖδα αὐτόν·	They say that in this place the most ancient city was founded by Parnassus, who was himself the son of the nymph Cleodora.	Founding of a city by a mythical figure and genealogy from a nymph are mythic, not historical.
10.6.1	2	mythic	high	καί οἱ πατέρας, καθάπερ γε καὶ ἄλλοις τῶν καλουμένων ἡρώων, Ποσειδῶνά τε θεὸν καὶ Κλεόπομπον ἄνδρα ἐπονομάζουσιν.	As with others who are called heroes, they name two fathers for him: the god Poseidon and a mortal man, Cleopompus.	Names a god as the hero’s father, reflecting mythic genealogy.
10.6.1	3	mythic	medium	ἀπὸ τούτου δὲ τοῦ Παρνασσοῦ τῷ τε ὄρει τὸ ὄνομα τεθῆναι λέγουσι καὶ ἀπὸ τούτου Παρνασσίαν ὀνομασθῆναι νάπην·	It is said that from this Parnassus the mountain derived its name, and that the ravine itself is also called Parnassian after him.	The sentence explains a place-name derived from a mythic figure, an etiological naming tradition.
10.6.1	4	mythic	high	τῶν πετομένων τε ὀρνίθων τὴν ἀπʼ αὐτῶν μαντείαν γενέσθαι Παρνασσοῦ τὸ εὕρημα.	Moreover, divination by observing the flight of birds is said to have been discovered by Parnassus.	Attributed to Parnassus, a mythic figure; concerns the mythical origin of divination by bird flight.
10.6.2	1	mythic	high	ταύτην μὲν οὖν κατακλυσθῆναι τὴν πόλιν ὑπὸ τῶν ὄμβρων τῶν κατὰ Δευκαλίωνα συμβάντων·	Now this city was flooded by the rains that fell in the time of Deucalion; but of those people who were able to escape the deluge, some were guided by the howling of wolves and thus came safely to the heights of Parnassus, the beasts serving as guides for their journey.	The city’s flooding is attributed to the time of Deucalion, a mythic deluge.
10.6.2	2	mythic	high	τῶν δὲ ἀνθρώπων ὅσοι διαφυγεῖν τὸν χειμῶνα ἠδυνήθησαν, λύκων ὠρυγαῖς ἀπεσώθησαν ἐς τοῦ Παρνασσοῦ τὰ ἄκρα ὑπὸ ἡγεμόσι τῆς πορείας τοῖς θηρίοις, πόλιν δὲ ἣν ἔκτισαν ἐκάλεσαν ἐπὶ τούτῳ Λυκώρειαν.	For this reason, they named the city they founded Lycoreia.	The naming of Lycoreia is tied to the mythic winter/ wolves episode and the people’s escape to Parnassus.
10.6.3	1	mythic	high	λέγεται δὲ καὶ ἄλλος διάφορος λόγος τῷ προτέρῳ, Ἀπόλλωνι ἐκ νύμφης Κωρυκίας γενέσθαι Λύκωρον, καὶ ἀπὸ μὲν Λυκώρου πόλιν Λυκώρειαν, τὸ ἄντρον δὲ ὀνομασθῆναι τὸ Κωρύκιον ἀπὸ τῆς νύμφης.	There is also another story, differing from the previous one, saying that Lykoros was born to Apollo from the nymph Korykia; from this Lykoros the city of Lycoreia took its name, and the cave, called Korykion, gained its name from the nymph.	Explains a mythic genealogy of Apollo and Korykia and the naming of places from that myth.
10.6.3	2	mythic	high	λέγεται δὲ καὶ τάδε, Κελαινὼ θυγατέρα Ὑάμῳ τῷ Λυκώρου γενέσθαι, Δελφὸν δέ, ἀφʼ οὗ τῇ πόλει τὸ ὄνομα τὸ ἐφʼ ἡμῶν ἐστι, Κελαινοῦς τε αὐτὸν τῆς Ὑάμου καὶ Ἀπόλλωνος εἶναι.	It is also said further that Kelaino was the daughter of Hyamos, son of Lykoros, and that Delphos, from whom the present city received its name, was the son of Kelaino, daughter of Hyamos, and Apollo.	Genealogical claim involving Apollo and eponymous Delphos is mythic origin material.
10.6.4	1	mythic	high	οἱ δὲ Καστάλιόν τε ἄνδρα αὐτόχθονα καὶ θυγατέρα ἐθέλουσιν αὐτῷ γενέσθαι Θυίαν, καὶ ἱερᾶσθαί τε τὴν Θυίαν Διονύσῳ πρῶτον καὶ ὄργια ἀγαγεῖν τῷ θεῷ·	They say Castalius was an autochthonous man and had a daughter named Thyia; she was the first to sacrifice to Dionysus and to celebrate orgiastic rites to the god.	Castalius, an autochthonous figure, and Thyia's first rites for Dionysus belong to local mythic tradition.
10.6.4	2	mythic	high	ἀπὸ ταύτης δὲ καὶ ὕστερον ὅσαι τῷ Διονύσῳ μαίνονται Θυιάδας καλεῖσθαι σφᾶς ὑπὸ ἀνθρώπων·	Because of her, all the women who afterwards became frenzied for Dionysus have been called Thyades by people.	Explains the mythic origin of the name Thyades from Dionysiac frenzy.
10.6.4	3	mythic	high	Ἀπόλλωνος δʼ οὖν παῖδα καὶ Θυίας νομίζουσιν εἶναι Δελφόν.	Indeed, they hold Delphi to be the son of Apollo and Thyia.	Delphi is presented as the offspring of Apollo and Thyia, a mythic genealogy.
10.6.4	4	mythic	high	οἱ δὲ μητρὸς μὲν Μελαίνης φασὶν αὐτόν, θυγατρὸς Κηφισοῦ.	Others, however, say he was born from a mother named Melaina, daughter of Cephisus.	A birth from Melaina, daughter of Cephisus, is genealogical myth tradition.
10.6.5	1	other	high	χρόνῳ δὲ ὕστερον καὶ Πυθὼ τὴν πόλιν, οὐ Δελφοὺς μόνον ἐκάλεσαν οἱ περιοικοῦντες, καθὰ καὶ Ὁμήρῳ πεποιημένα ἐν καταλόγῳ Φωκέων ἐστίν.	At a later time, however, the inhabitants around called the city itself Pytho as well, not only Delphi, as indeed Homer does in the Catalogue of the Phokians.	A geographical/name-use note about the city being called Pytho and a Homeric citation, not a mythic or post-500 BC historical event.
10.6.5	2	mythic	high	οἱ μὲν δὴ γενεαλογεῖν τὰ πάντα ἐθέλοντες παῖδα εἶναι Δελφοῦ Πύθην καὶ ἀπὸ τούτου βασιλεύσαντος γενέσθαι τῇ πόλει τὸ ὄνομα ἥγηνται·	Those who desire to derive everything from genealogies state that Pythes was a son of Delphus, and that from him, who was once king, the city acquired its name.	Derives the city’s name from a genealogical myth about Delphus and Pythes, a legendary foundation story.
10.6.5	3	mythic	high	λόγος δὲ ὃς ἥκει τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐς τοὺς πολλούς, τὸν ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος τοξευθέντα σήπεσθαί φησιν ἐνταῦθα, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ὄνομα τῇ πόλει γενέσθαι Πυθώ· πύθεσθαι γὰρ δὴ τὰ σηπόμενα οἱ τότε ἔλεγον,	But the common tradition among most men says that the serpent shot by Apollo rotted here, and therefore the city's name became Pytho; for the men of that age used the verb pythesthai to describe something rotting.	Apollo's shooting of the serpent and the naming of Pytho are mythic aetiological traditions.
10.6.5	4	mythic	high	καὶ τοῦδε ἕνεκα Ὅμηρος πεποίηκεν ὡς ἡ τῶν Σειρήνων νῆσος ἀνάπλεως ὀστῶν εἴη, ὅτι οἱ τῆς ᾠδῆς αὐτῶν ἀκούοντες ἐπύθοντο ἄνθρωποι.	For this reason also Homer wrote that the island of the Sirens was filled with bones, because the people who listened to their singing wasted away ("epython").	Sirens and their bone-filled island are mythic, and the sentence explains the landscape through mythic events.
10.6.6	1	mythic	high	τὸν δὲ ἀποθανόντα ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος ποιηταὶ μὲν δράκοντα εἶναι καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ μαντείῳ φύλακα ὑπὸ Γῆς τετάχθαι φασί·	Regarding the one killed by Apollo, the poets say that he was a serpent appointed by Earth as guardian of the oracle.	Apollo, Earth, and the serpent guardian of the oracle are mythic figures and events.
10.6.6	2	mythic	high	λέγεται δὲ καὶ ὡς Κριοῦ δυναστεύοντος ἀνδρὸς περὶ Εὔβοιαν παῖς γένοιτο ὑβριστής, καὶ ἐσύλησε μὲν τοῦ θεοῦ τὸ ἱερόν, ἐσύλησε δὲ καὶ οἴκους ἀνδρῶν εὐδαιμόνων.	But another account relates that while Krios ruled as a powerful man around Euboea, he had a son who was arrogant and who plundered both the sanctuary of the god and the homes of prosperous men.	Accounts an etiological tale about Krios' son plundering a god's sanctuary and houses; this is mythic narrative rather than historical fact.
10.6.6	3	mythic	high	ὡς δὲ ἐπεστράτευε καὶ δεύτερον, ἐνταῦθα οἱ Δελφοὶ τὸν Ἀπόλλωνα ἱκέτευον ἀμῦναί σφισι τὸν ἐπιόντα κίνδυνον·	When he launched a second raid, at this point the Delphians entreated Apollo to ward off the approaching danger.	The Delphians’ entreaty to Apollo concerns a mythic divine intervention in response to danger.
10.6.7	1	mythic	medium	καὶ ἡ Φημονόη πρόμαντις τηνικαῦτα οὖσα ἐν ἑξαμέτρῳ σφίσιν ἔχρησεν·	And Phemonoe, who was then the prophetess, spoke to them in hexameter verse:	Phemonoe is a legendary prophetic figure, so the sentence belongs to mythic narrative.
10.6.7	2	mythic	high	ἀγχοῦ δὴ βαρὺν ἰὸν ἐπʼ ἀνέρι Φοῖβος ἐφήσει σίντῃ Παρνησσοῖο·	"Now indeed Phoebus shall soon shoot a grievous arrow against a man Who despoils the sanctuary of Parnassus.	Apollo (Phoebus) threatens a man with divine punishment for sacrilege at Parnassus; this is a mythic divine action affecting the sanctuary.
10.6.7	3	mythic	high	φόνου δέ ἑ Κρήσιοι ἄνδρες χεῖρας ἁγιστεύ ς ουσι·	Cretan men shall cleanse their hands from his blood;	Cleansing from blood refers to a mythic pollution/atonement after a killing.
10.6.7	4	mythic	medium	τὸ δὲ κλέος οὔ ποτʼ ὀλεῖται.	Yet his fame shall never perish."	Refers to lasting fame in a heroic/mythic context rather than a historical event or description.