Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.29.3

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Passage 2.29.3: Phocis: named after Phocus and later expanded by conquest under Aeacus.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τὸ δὲ ὄνομα προϋπῆρχεν ἤδη τῇ χώρᾳ, Φώκου τοῦ Ὀρνυτίωνος γενεᾷ πρότερον ἐς αὐτὴν ἐλθόντος. ἐπὶ μὲν δὴ Φώκου τούτου ἡ περὶ Τιθορέαν τε καὶ Παρνασσὸν ἐκαλεῖτο ἡ Φωκίς· ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦ Αἰακοῦ καὶ πᾶσιν ἐξενίκησεν, ὅσοι Μινύαις τέ εἰσιν Ὀρχομενίοις ὅμοροι καὶ ἐπὶ Σκάρφειαν τὴν Λοκρῶν καθήκουσι.

English Translation

The name already belonged to the country before that time, as Phocus, son of Ornytion, had come there at an earlier period. During this Phocus' lifetime, the territory around Tithorea and Parnassus was called Phocis. But in the time of Aeacus, it conquered all the neighboring peoples bordering the Orchomenians of Minyean descent and extending as far as the Locrian city of Scarphia.

Proper Nouns

Minyans (Μινύαι) other
Aeacus (Αἰακός) person
Locrians (Λοκροί) person
Phokos (Φώκος) person
Ornytios (Ὀρνύτιων) person
Also in: 10.1.1
Orchomenians (Ὀρχομενιοί) person
Parnassus (Παρνασσός) place Q105261
Skarpheia (Σκάρφεια) place Q3475188
Tithorea (Τιθόρεια) place Q56697763
Also in: 9.17.4 10.32.11
Phocis (Φωκίς) place Q2637650
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