Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.6.5

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Passage 2.6.5: Sicyon's genealogy and the renaming of Aegiale to Sicyon.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

Λαμέδων δὲ βασιλεύσας ἔγημεν ἐξ Ἀθηνῶν γυναῖκα Φηνὼ Κλυτίου· καὶ ὕστερον γενομένου οἱ πολέμου πρὸς Ἄρχανδρον καὶ Ἀρχιτέλην τοὺς Ἀχαιοῦ συμμαχήσοντα ἐπηγάγετο Σικυῶνα ἐκ τῆς Ἀττικῆς, καὶ θυγατέρα τε συνῴκισεν αὐτῷ Ζευξίππην καὶ ἀπὸ τούτου βασιλεύσαντος ἡ γῆ Σικυωνία καὶ Σικυὼν ἀντὶ Αἰγιάλης ἡ πόλις ὠνομάσθη. Σικυῶνα δὲ οὐ Μαραθῶνος τοῦ Ἐπωπέως, Μητίονος δὲ εἶναι τοῦ Ἐρεχθέως φασίν. ὁμολογεῖ δέ σφισι καὶ Ἄσιος, ἐπεὶ Ἡσίοδός γε καὶ Ἴβυκος, ὁ μὲν ἐποίησεν ὡς Ἐρεχθέως εἴη Σικυών, Ἴβυκος δὲ εἶναι Πέλοπός φησιν αὐτόν.

English Translation

Lamedon reigned as king, and took as his wife Pheno, daughter of Clytius from Athens. Later, war arose against Archander and Architeles, the sons of Achaeus. Lamedon brought from Attica Sicyon, who was to become his ally, gave him his daughter Zeuxippe to marry, and after this man succeeded to the throne, the land became known as Sicyonia, and the city that had until then been called Aegiale was renamed Sicyon. They say that this Sicyon was not the son of Marathon, who was descended from Epopeus, but rather the son of Metion, himself the son of Erechtheus. Asius agrees with them in this respect; while Hesiod composed verses making Sicyon the son of Erechtheus, Ibycus asserts he was the son of Pelops.

Proper Nouns

Zeuxippe (Ζευξίππη) person
Clytius (Κλύτιος) person
Also in: 2.6.6
Lamedon (Λαμέδων) person
Also in: 2.5.8 2.6.3 2.6.6
Metion (Μήτιων) person
Marathon (Μαραθών) person
Pelops (Πέλοψ) person
Sicyonians (Σικυών) person
Also in: 10.18.5
Pheno (Φηνώ) person
Architeles (Ἀρχιτέλης) person
Also in: 7.1.6
Achaean (Ἀχαιός) person
Archandros (Ἄρχανδρος) person
Also in: 7.1.6
Asios (Ἄσιος) person
Epopeus (Ἐπωπεύς) person
Erechtheus (Ἐρεχθεύς) person
Hesiod (Ἡσίοδος) person
Ibycus (Ἴβυκος) person
Aegiale (Αἰγιάλη) place
Sicyonia (Σικυωνία) place Q15464107
Sicyon (Σικυών) place Q368628 Pleiades
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
Attica (Ἀττική) place Q122443
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