Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.6.2

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Passage 10.6.2: Lycoreia founded by flood survivors guided by wolves

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ταύτην μὲν οὖν κατακλυσθῆναι τὴν πόλιν ὑπὸ τῶν ὄμβρων τῶν κατὰ Δευκαλίωνα συμβάντων· τῶν δὲ ἀνθρώπων ὅσοι διαφυγεῖν τὸν χειμῶνα ἠδυνήθησαν, λύκων ὠρυγαῖς ἀπεσώθησαν ἐς τοῦ Παρνασσοῦ τὰ ἄκρα ὑπὸ ἡγεμόσι τῆς πορείας τοῖς θηρίοις, πόλιν δὲ ἣν ἔκτισαν ἐκάλεσαν ἐπὶ τούτῳ Λυκώρειαν.

English Translation

Now this city was flooded by the rains that fell in the time of Deucalion; but of those people who were able to escape the deluge, some were guided by the howling of wolves and thus came safely to the heights of Parnassus, the beasts serving as guides for their journey. For this reason, they named the city they founded Lycoreia.

Proper Nouns

Deucalion (Δευκαλίων) person Q109979545
Lycoreia (Λυκώρεια) place Q5975192
Also in: 10.6.3
Parnassus (Παρνασσός) place Q105261
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