Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.29.5

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Passage 10.29.5: Chloris and Thyia: friends linked to Poseidon and Neleus.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

τὰ μὲν δὴ ἐς Διόνυσον πολλὰ ὑπό τε Ἑλλήνων λεγόμενα καὶ ὑπὸ Αἰγυπτίων ἐστίν· ὑπὸ δὲ τὴν Φαίδραν ἐστὶν ἀνακεκλιμένη Χλῶρις ἐπὶ τῆς Θυίας γόνασιν. οὐχ ἁμαρτήσεται μὲν δὴ οὐδὲ ὅστις φησὶ φιλίαν εἶναι ἐς ἀλλήλας, ἡνίκα ἔτυχον αἱ γυναῖκες ζῶσαι· ἦσαν γὰρ δὴ ἡ μὲν ἐξ Ὀρχομενοῦ τοῦ ἐν Βοιωτίᾳ ἡ Χλῶρις, ἡ δὲ Κασταλίου θυγάτηρ ἀπὸ τοῦ Παρνασσοῦ. εἶπον δʼ ἂν καὶ ἄλλοι τὸν ἐς αὐτὰς λόγον, τῇ μὲν συγγενέσθαι Ποσειδῶνα τῇ Θυίᾳ, Χλῶριν δὲ Ποσειδῶνος παιδὶ Νηλεῖ συνοικῆσαι.

English Translation

There are many stories concerning Dionysus, told by both Greeks and Egyptians; below Phaedra stands Chloris, leaning upon the knees of Thyia. He who says there was friendship between these two women when they were alive will not be wrong. Chloris was from Orchomenus in Boeotia, while Thyia, daughter of Castalius, came from Parnassus. Others may also recount a tradition concerning them: that Poseidon was intimate with Thyia, and that Chloris was married to Neleus, the son of Poseidon.

Proper Nouns

Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity Q41680
Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) deity Q41127
Egyptians (Αἰγύπτιοι) other Q1061510
Castalia (Κασταλία) other Q152348
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) other Q539051
Thyia (Θυία) person
Also in: 10.6.4 10.29.6
Neleus (Νηλεύς) person Q3347025
Phaedra (Φαίδρα) person
Chloris (Χλῶρις) person
Boeotia (Βοιωτία) place Q187570
Parnassus (Παρνασσός) place Q105261
Orchomenus (Ὀρχομενός) place Q13574822
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