Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.23.2

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Passage 10.23.2: Divine lightning and hero apparitions repelling the Celts at Delphi

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

καὶ οἱ μὲν ἐξέπληττόν τε τοὺς Κελτοὺς καὶ δέχεσθαι τοῖς ὠσὶ τὰ παραγγελλόμενα ἐκώλυον, τὰ δὲ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ οὐκ ἐς ὅντινα κατασκήψαι μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς πλησίον καὶ αὐτοὺς ὁμοίως καὶ τὰ ὅπλα ἐξῆπτε. τά τε τῶν ἡρώων τηνικαῦτά σφισιν ἐφάνη φάσματα, ὁ Ὑπέροχος καὶ ὁ Λαόδοκός τε καὶ Πύρρος· οἱ δὲ καὶ τέταρτον Φύλακον ἐπιχώριον Δελφοῖς ἀπαριθμοῦσιν ἥρωα.

English Translation

And they not only struck terror into the Celts and prevented them from hearing orders clearly, but also the lightning from heaven fell not just upon single individuals, but struck equally those nearby, and ignited both the men themselves and their armor. At this very moment, appearances of heroes became visible to them: Hyperochus, Laodocus, and Pyrrhus; some add also a fourth hero, Phylacus, a local figure of Delphi.

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