Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.6.3

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Passage 10.6.3: Founding of Lykoreia and Delphos from Apollo and the nymph Korykia.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

λέγεται δὲ καὶ ἄλλος διάφορος λόγος τῷ προτέρῳ, Ἀπόλλωνι ἐκ νύμφης Κωρυκίας γενέσθαι Λύκωρον, καὶ ἀπὸ μὲν Λυκώρου πόλιν Λυκώρειαν, τὸ ἄντρον δὲ ὀνομασθῆναι τὸ Κωρύκιον ἀπὸ τῆς νύμφης. λέγεται δὲ καὶ τάδε, Κελαινὼ θυγατέρα Ὑάμῳ τῷ Λυκώρου γενέσθαι, Δελφὸν δέ, ἀφʼ οὗ τῇ πόλει τὸ ὄνομα τὸ ἐφʼ ἡμῶν ἐστι, Κελαινοῦς τε αὐτὸν τῆς Ὑάμου καὶ Ἀπόλλωνος εἶναι.

English Translation

There is also another story, differing from the previous one, saying that Lykoros was born to Apollo from the nymph Korykia; from this Lykoros the city of Lykoreia took its name, and the cave, called Korykion, gained its name from the nymph. It is also said further that Kelaino was the daughter of Hyamos, son of Lykoros, and that Delphos, from whom the present city received its name, was the son of Kelaino, daughter of Hyamos, and Apollo.

Proper Nouns

Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Delphos (Δελφός) person
Celaeno (Κελαινὼ) person
Corycia (Κωρυκία) person
Also in: 10.32.2
Lycorus (Λύκωρος) person
Hyamus (Ὑάμων) person
Corycian (Κωρύκιον) place Q2261709
Also in: 10.32.2 10.32.7
Lycoreia (Λυκώρεια) place Q5975192
Also in: 10.6.2
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