Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.29.6

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Passage 10.29.6: Procris and Clymene, mythic women linked to Cephalus and Iphiclus.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

παρὰ δὲ τὴν Θυίαν Πρόκρις τε ἕστηκεν ἡ Ἐρεχθέως καὶ μετʼ αὐτὴν Κλυμένη· ἐπιστρέφει δὲ αὐτῇ τὰ νῶτα ἡ Κλυμένη. ἔστι δὲ πεποιημένα ἐν Νόστοις Μινύου μὲν τὴν Κλυμένην θυγατέρα εἶναι, γήμασθαι δὲ αὐτὴν Κεφάλῳ τῷ Δηίονος καὶ γενέσθαι σφίσιν Ἴφικλον παῖδα. τὰ δὲ ἐς τὴν Πρόκριν καὶ οἱ πάντες ᾄδουσιν, ὡς προτέρα Κεφάλῳ ἢ Κλυμένη συνῴκησε καὶ ὃν τρόπον ἐτελεύτησεν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀνδρός.

English Translation

Next to Thyia stands Procris, daughter of Erechtheus, and beside her is Clymene, who has her back turned to her. In the poem "Nostoi," it is said that Clymene was the daughter of Minyas, that she married Cephalus, son of Deion, and bore him a son, Iphiclus. But concerning Procris, everyone tells the same story: that she lived with Cephalus before Clymene did, and they relate the manner in which she met her death at the hands of her husband.

Proper Nouns

Nostoi (Νόστοι) other
Also in: 10.30.5
Deion (Δήιων) person Q100399064
Also in: 1.37.6
Thyia (Θυία) person
Also in: 10.6.4 10.29.5
Cephalus (Κέφαλος) person
Clymene (Κλυμένη) person
Also in: 2.18.1 10.29.7
Minyos (Μίνυς) person
Procris (Πρόκρις) person
Also in: 1.37.6 9.19.1
Erechtheus (Ἐρεχθεύς) person
Iphiklos (Ἴφικλος) person
Also in: 5.17.10
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