Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.38.2

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Passage 1.38.2: Eumolpos' tomb and lineage—son of Poseidon and Chione.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

Κρόκων, ἔνθα καὶ νῦν ἔτι βασίλεια καλεῖται Κρόκωνος. τοῦτον Ἀθηναῖοι τὸν Κρόκωνα Κελεοῦ θυγατρί συνοικῆσαι Σαισάρᾳ λέγουσι· λέγουσι δὲ οὐ πάντες, ἀλλʼ ὅσοι τοῦ δήμου τοῦ Σκαμβωνιδῶν εἰσιν· ἐγὼ δὲ Κρόκωνος μὲν ἀνευρεῖν τάφον οὐχ οἷός τε ἐγενόμην, τὸ δὲ Εὐμόλπου μνῆμα κατὰ ταὐτὰ Ἐλευσινίοις ἀπέφαινον καὶ Ἀθηναῖοι. τοῦτον τὸν Εὔμολπον ἀφικέσθαι λέγουσιν ἐκ Θρᾴκης Ποσειδῶνος παῖδα ὄντα καὶ Χιόνης· τὴν δὲ Χιόνην Βορέου θυγατέρα τοῦ ἀνέμου καὶ Ὠρειθυίας φασὶν εἶναι. Ὁμήρῳ δὲ ἐς μὲν τὸ γένος ἐστὶν οὐδὲν αὐτοῦ πεποιημένον, ἐπονομάζει δὲ ἀγήνορα ἐν τοῖς ἔπεσι τὸν Εὔμολπον.

English Translation

Krokon, where even now the place of Krokon is still called the King's House. The Athenians say that this Krokon married Saisara, daughter of Keleos; however, not all Athenians say this, only those belonging to the deme of Skambonidae. I myself was unable to find the tomb of Krokon, but the tomb of Eumolpos was pointed out as identical by both the Eleusinians and the Athenians. They say that this Eumolpos came from Thrace and was the son of Poseidon and Chione; and Chione, according to them, was the daughter of the wind-god Boreas and Oreithyia. Homer did not compose anything concerning his genealogy, but in his verses he does call Eumolpos "lordly."

Proper Nouns

Boreas (Βορῆς) deity
Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) deity
Scambonidae (Σκαμβωνίδαι) other
Eumolpos (Εὔμολπος) person Q125772438
Celeus (Κελεός) person
Krokon (Κρόκων) person
Also in: 6.14.4
Saisara (Σαισάρα) person
Also in: 1.38.3
Chione (Χιόνη) person
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Eleusinians (Ἐλευσίνιοι) person
Homer (Ὅμηρος) person
Oreithyia (Ὠρείθυια) person
Also in: 1.19.5 5.19.1
Thrace (Θρᾴκη) place Q41741
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