Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.6.7

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Passage 2.6.7: Dorian seizure of Sicyon; Lacestades made co‑ruler.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Φαίστου δὲ κατὰ μαντείαν μετοικήσαντος ἐς Κρήτην βασιλεῦσαι λέγεται Ζεύξιππος Ἀπόλλωνος υἱὸς καὶ νύμφης Συλλίδος. μετὰ δὲ Ζεύξιππον τελευτήσαντα Ἀγαμέμνων στρατὸν ἤγαγεν ἐπὶ Σικυῶνα καὶ τὸν βασιλέα Ἱππόλυτον Ῥοπάλου παῖδα τοῦ Φαίστου· δείσας δὲ τὸν στρατὸν ἐπιόντα Ἱππόλυτος συνεχώρησεν Ἀγαμέμνονος κατήκοος καὶ Μυκηναίων εἶναι. Ἱππολύτου δὲ ἦν τούτου Λακεστάδης. Φάλκης ταμφάλκης δὲ ὁ Τημένου καταλαβὼν νύκτωρ Σικυῶνα σὺν Δωριεῦσι κακὸν μὲν ἅτε Ἡρακλείδην καὶ αὐτὸν ἐποίησεν οὐδέν, κοινωνὸν δὲ ἔσχε τῆς ἀρχῆς.

English Translation

When Phaestus, by oracle's advice, settled in Crete, it is said Zeuxippus, son of Apollo and the nymph Syllis, became king. Once Zeuxippus had died, Agamemnon led an army against Sicyon and against its king, Hippolytus, son of Rhopalus, the son of Phaestus. Hippolytus, in fear of the approaching army, submitted himself as a subject of Agamemnon and the Mycenaeans. Hippolytus' own son was Lacestades. When Phalces son of Temenus, along with the Dorians, seized Sicyon by night, he did no harm to Lacestades, as he too was a Heracleid, but instead made him a partner in his rule.

Proper Nouns

Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity Q37340
Dorians (Δωριεῖς) other Q203711
Agamemnon (Ἀγαμέμνων) person Q100293535
Zeuxippus (Ζεύξιππος) person
Heracleid (Ἡρακλεῖδης) person
Hippolytus (Ἱππόλυτος) person Q207113
Lacestades (Λακεστάδης) person
Rhopalus (Ῥόπαλος) person
Syllis (Συλλίς) person
Temenus (Τήμενος) person
Phaestus (Φαῖστος) person Q19058313
Also in: 2.6.6 2.10.1
Crete (Κρήτη) place Q34374 Pleiades
Sicyon (Σίκυων) place Q368628 Pleiades
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