Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.37.6

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Passage 1.37.6: Temple with statues of Demeter, Persephone, Athena, and Apollo.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἔστι δὲ ἱερὸν ἐν ᾧ κεῖται Δήμητρος καὶ τῆς παιδὸς ἀγάλματα καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς τε καὶ Ἀπόλλωνος· Ἀπόλλωνι δὲ ἐποιήθη μόνῳ τὸ ἐξ ἀρχῆς. Κέφαλον γὰρ τὸν Δηίονος συνεξελόντα λέγουσιν Ἀμφιτρύωνι Τηλεβόας τὴν νῆσον οἰκῆσαι πρῶτον, ἣ νῦν ἀπʼ ἐκείνου Κεφαλληνία καλεῖται· μετοικεῖν δὲ αὐτὸν τέως ἐν Θήβαις φεύγοντα ἐξ Ἀθηνῶν διὰ τὸν Πρόκριδος τῆς γυναικὸς φόνον. δεκάτῃ δὲ ὕστερον γενεᾷ Χαλκῖνος καὶ Δαῖτος ἀπόγονοι Κεφάλου πλεύσαντες ἐς Δελφοὺς ᾔτουν τὸν θεὸν κάθοδον ἐς Ἀθήνας·

English Translation

There is a temple in which stand statues of Demeter and her daughter, as well as Athena and Apollo; originally, however, only the statue of Apollo was made. For they say that Cephalus, son of Deion, who had participated with Amphitryon in expelling the Teleboans, was the first to settle the island now called Cephallenia after him. He had moved to Thebes for a time, exiled from Athens because of the murder of his wife Procris. Later, in the tenth generation after him, Chalcinus and Daetus, descendants of Cephalus, sailed to Delphi and asked the god for permission to return to Athens.

Proper Nouns

Demeter (Δήμητρα) deity
Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Teleboae (Τηλεβόαι) other
Deion (Δήιων) person Q100399064
Also in: 10.29.6
Daitos (Δαῖτος) person
Cephalus (Κέφαλος) person
Procris (Πρόκρις) person
Also in: 9.19.1 10.29.6
Chalkinos (Χαλκῖνος) person
Amphitryon (Ἀμφιτρύων) person
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
Thebes (Θῆβαι) place Q11225429
Cephallenia (Κεφαλληνία) place Q178488
Also in: 4.23.5
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
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