Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.6.4

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Passage 10.6.4: Thyia, first to sacrifice to Dionysus and namesake of the Thyades

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

οἱ δὲ Καστάλιόν τε ἄνδρα αὐτόχθονα καὶ θυγατέρα ἐθέλουσιν αὐτῷ γενέσθαι Θυίαν, καὶ ἱερᾶσθαί τε τὴν Θυίαν Διονύσῳ πρῶτον καὶ ὄργια ἀγαγεῖν τῷ θεῷ· ἀπὸ ταύτης δὲ καὶ ὕστερον ὅσαι τῷ Διονύσῳ μαίνονται Θυιάδας καλεῖσθαι σφᾶς ὑπὸ ἀνθρώπων· Ἀπόλλωνος δʼ οὖν παῖδα καὶ Θυίας νομίζουσιν εἶναι Δελφόν. οἱ δὲ μητρὸς μὲν Μελαίνης φασὶν αὐτόν, θυγατρὸς Κηφισοῦ.

English Translation

They say Castalius was an autochthonous man and had a daughter named Thyia; she was the first to sacrifice to Dionysus and to celebrate orgiastic rites to the god. Because of her, all the women who afterwards became frenzied for Dionysus have been called Thyades by people. Indeed, they hold Delphi to be the son of Apollo and Thyia. Others, however, say he was born from a mother named Melaina, daughter of Cephisus.

Proper Nouns

Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Delphos (Δελφός) person
Thyia (Θυία) person
Also in: 10.29.5 10.29.6
Thyiads (Θυιάδες) person
Also in: 10.4.3 10.32.7
Kastalion (Καστάλιος) person
Also in: 10.8.9
Kephisos (Κηφισός) person
Also in: 2.15.5
Melaina (Μελαίνη) person
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