Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.16.5

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Passage 10.16.5: Bronze goat from Elyrus feeding Apollo's sons Phylakides and Philandros

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἔστι δὲ ἐν τοῖς Κρητικοῖς ὄρεσι καὶ κατʼ ἐμὲ ἔτι Ἔλυρος πόλις· οὗτοι οὖν αἶγα χαλκῆν ἀπέστειλαν ἐς Δελφούς, δίδωσι δὲ νηπίοις ἡ αἲξ Φυλακίδῃ καὶ Φιλάνδρῳ γάλα· παῖδας δὲ αὐτοὺς οἱ Ἐλύριοί φασιν Ἀπόλλωνός τε εἶναι καὶ Ἀκακαλλίδος νύμφης, συγγενέσθαι δὲ τῇ Ἀκακαλλίδι Ἀπόλλωνα ἐν πόλει Τάρρᾳ καὶ οἴκῳ Καρμάνορος.

English Translation

There still exists, even in my time, among the mountains of Crete, the city of Elyrus. The people there sent to Delphi a bronze goat, which is shown feeding milk to the infants Phylakides and Philandros. The Elyrians say that these children are the offspring of Apollo and the nymph Akakallis, and that Apollo lay with Akakallis in the city of Tarra, in the house of Karmanor.

Proper Nouns

Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Cretans (Κρῆτες) other
Elyrians (Ἐλύριοι) other
Carmanor (Κάρμανωρ) person
Philandros (Φίλανδρος) person
Phylakides (Φυλακίδης) person
Acacallis (Ἀκακαλλίς) person
Also in: 8.53.4
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
Tarra (Τάρρα) place
Elyros (Ἔλυρος) place Q3561249
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