Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.35.8

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Passage 10.35.8: Stiris claiming Athenian descent from Peteos.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐσβολὴ δὲ ἐκ Χαιρωνείας ἐς γῆν τὴν Φωκίδα οὐ μόνον ἡ εὐθεῖά ἐστιν ἐς Δελφοὺς ἡ διά τε Πανοπέως καὶ παρὰ τὴν Δαυλίδα καὶ ὁδὸν τὴν Σχιστήν· φέρει δὲ ἐκ Χαιρωνείας καὶ ἑτέρα τραχεῖά τε ὁδὸς καὶ ὀρεινὴ τὰ πλέονα ἐς πόλιν Φωκέων Στῖριν· μῆκος δὲ εἴκοσι στάδιοι τῆς ὁδοῦ καὶ ἑκατόν. οἱ δὲ ἐνταῦθά φασιν οὐ Φωκεῖς, Ἀθηναῖοι δὲ εἶναι τὰ ἄνωθεν, καὶ ἐκ τῆς Ἀττικῆς ὁμοῦ Πετεῷ τῷ Ὀρνέως ἀφικέσθαι διωχθέντι ὑπὸ Αἰγέως ἐξ Ἀθηνῶν· ὅτι δὲ τῷ Πετεῷ τὸ πολὺ ἐκ τοῦ δήμου τοῦ Στιρέων ἠκολούθησεν, ἐπὶ τούτῳ κληθῆναι τὴν πόλιν Στῖριν.

English Translation

From Chaeronea into the Phocian territory, there is not only the direct route to Delphi, passing through Panopeus, Daulis, and the Schiste road, but there is also another road from Chaeronea, rough and mountainous for most of its length, leading to the Phocian city of Stiris. This road is one hundred and twenty stades long. The inhabitants of Stiris say that they are not originally Phocians but Athenians by descent, and that they arrived from Attica together with Peteos, the son of Orneus, who was driven out of Athens by Aegeus. Because the majority of those who followed Peteos belonged to the deme of Stiria, the city was thus named Stiris.

Proper Nouns

Phocians (Φωκεῖς) other
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) other
Aegeus (Αἰγεύς) person
Peteus (Πετεύς) person
Orneus (Ὀρνεύς) person
Also in: 2.25.6
Daulis (Δαυλίς) place Q1172948
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
Panopeus (Πανόπηυς) place Q2002148
Stiris (Στῖρις) place Q12884846
Phocis (Φωκίς) place Q2637650
Chaeronea (Χαιρώνεια) place Q13574678
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
Attica (Ἀττική) place Q122443
Schiste Road (Ὁδὸς Σχιστή) place
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