Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.6.6

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Passage 2.6.6: Succession of Sicyonian kings: Polybus, Adrastus, Ianiscus, and Phaestus.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Σικυῶνος δὲ γίνεται Χθονοφύλη, Χθονοφύλης δὲ καὶ Ἑρμοῦ Πόλυβον γενέσθαι λέγουσιν· ὕστερον δὲ αὐτὴν Φλίας ὁ Διονύσου γαμεῖ, καί οἱ παῖς Ἀνδροδάμας γίνεται. Πόλυβος δὲ Ταλαῷ τῷ Βίαντος βασιλεύοντι Ἀργείων Λυσιάνασσαν τὴν θυγατέρα ἔδωκε· καὶ ὅτε Ἄδραστος ἔφευγεν ἐξ Ἄργους, παρὰ Πόλυβον ἦλθεν ἐς Σικυῶνα καὶ ὕστερον ἀποθανόντος Πολύβου τὴν ἐν Σικυῶνι ἀρχὴν ἔσχεν. Ἀδράστου δὲ ἐς Ἄργος κατελθόντος Ἰανίσκος ἀπόγονος Κλυτίου τοῦ Λαμέδοντι κηδεύσαντος ἐλθὼν ἐκ τῆς Ἀττικῆς ἐβασίλευσεν, ἀποθανόντος δὲ Ἰανίσκου Φαῖστος τῶν Ἡρακλέους λεγόμενος παίδων καὶ οὗτος εἶναι.

English Translation

From Sicyon was born Chthonophyle; and from Chthonophyle and Hermes, they say, was born Polybus. Later Phlias, the son of Dionysus, married her, and she bore him a son named Androdamas. Polybus gave his daughter Lysianassa in marriage to Talaus, king of the Argives, son of Bias; and when Adrastus fled from Argos, he came to Polybus at Sicyon. Later, upon Polybus' death, Adrastus became ruler over Sicyon. Once Adrastus had returned down to Argos, Ianiscus, a descendant of Clytius who had accompanied Lamedon, came to Sicyon from Attica and reigned as king. After Ianiscus died, Phaestus, who was said to be one of the sons of Heracles, became king in his turn.

Proper Nouns

Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Hermes (Ἑρμῆς) deity
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) other
Bias (Βίας) person Q365977
Clytius (Κλύτιος) person
Also in: 2.6.5
Lamedon (Λαμέδων) person
Also in: 2.5.8 2.6.3 2.6.5
Lysianassa (Λυσιάνασσα) person
Polybus (Πόλυβος) person
Talos (Τάλως) person
Phaistos (Φαῖστος) person
Also in: 2.6.7 2.10.1
Phlias (Φλίας) person
Also in: 2.12.6
Chthonophyle (Χθονοφύλη) person
Also in: 2.12.6
Androdamas (Ἀνδροδάμας) person
Also in: 2.7.6 2.12.6
Adrastus (Ἄδραστος) person
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person
Ianiscus (Ἰανίσκος) person
Sicyon (Σικυών) place Q368628 Pleiades
Attica (Ἀττική) place Q122443
Argos (Ἄργος) place Q13533353
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