Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.22.9

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Passage 2.22.9: Sacadas ends Apollo's hostility toward flute-players.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

καὶ τὸ ἔχθος τὸ Ἀπόλλωνι διαμένον ἐς τοὺς αὐλητὰς ἔτι ἀπὸ Μαρσύου καὶ τῆς ἁμίλλης τοῦ Σιληνοῦ παυθῆναι διὰ τοῦτον δοκεῖ τὸν Σακάδαν. ἐν δὲ τῷ γυμνασίῳ τῷ Κυλαράβου καὶ Πανία ἐστὶν Ἀθηνᾶ καλουμένη καὶ τάφον Σθενέλου δεικνύουσι, τὸν δὲ αὐτοῦ Κυλαράβου. πεποίηται δὲ οὐ πόρρω τοῦ γυμνασίου πολυάνδριον τοῖς μετὰ Ἀθηναίων πλεύσασιν Ἀργείοις ἐπὶ καταδουλώσει Συρακουσῶν τε καὶ Σικελίας.

English Translation

The longstanding hostility Apollo bore toward flute-players ever since Marsyas' contest, the silenus, is believed to have ceased because of this Sacadas. In the gymnasium of Cylarabus there is also an image of Athena called Pania, and the tomb of Sthenelus is shown there, as well as that of Cylarabus himself. Not far from the gymnasium stands a common tomb of those Argives who sailed with the Athenians against Sicily, aiming to reduce Syracuse and the whole island under their power.

Proper Nouns

Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) other
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) other
Marsyas (Μαρσύας) person
Sakadas (Σακάδας) person
Silenus (Σειληνός) person
Also in: 1.4.5 3.25.2
Sthenelus (Σθένελος) person
Kyllarabos (Κυλάραβος) place
Pania (Πανία) place Q106407025
Sicily (Σικελία) place Q1460
Syracuse (Συρακούσαι) place Q4420718
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