Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.36.1

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Passage 1.36.1: Shrine of Cychreus on Salamis, the serpent-hero

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐν Σαλαμῖνι δὲ---ἐπάνειμι γὰρ ἐς τὸν προκείμενον λόγον---τοῦτο μὲν Ἀρτέμιδός ἐστιν ἱερόν, τοῦτο δὲ τρόπαιον ἕστηκεν ἀπὸ τῆς νίκης ἣν Θεμιστοκλῆς ὁ Νεοκλέους αἴτιος ἐγένετο γενέσθαι τοῖς Ἕλλησι· καὶ Κυχρέως ἐστὶν ἱερόν. ναυμαχούντων δὲ Ἀθηναίων πρὸς Μήδους δράκοντα ἐν ταῖς ναυσὶ λέγεται φανῆναι· τοῦτον ὁ θεὸς ἔχρησεν Ἀθηναίοις Κυχρέα εἶναι τὸν ἥρωα.

English Translation

On Salamis—for I now return to the subject at hand—there is, in one place, a sanctuary of Artemis, and nearby stands the trophy set up after the victory obtained for the Greeks through the agency of Themistocles son of Neocles; also there is a shrine of Cychreus. It is said that when the Athenians were fighting the Persians at sea, a serpent appeared among the ships, concerning which the god declared to the Athenians through an oracle that this serpent was the hero Cychreus.

Proper Nouns

Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Medes (Μῆδοι) other
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) other
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) other
Themistocles (Θεμιστοκλῆς) person
Cychreus (Κυχρέως) person
Neocles (Νεοκλῆς) person
Also in: 8.52.2 9.1.6
Salamis (Σαλαμίς) place Q767089
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