Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.6.7

← 2.6.6 2.7.1 →

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 Phaistos, 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 Phaistos. Hippolytus, in fear of the approaching army, submitted himself as a subject of Agamemnon and the Mycenaeans. Hippolytus' own son was Lacestades. When Phalkes son of Temenos, 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
Dorians (Δωριεῖς) other
Zeuxippos (Ζεύξιππος) person
Lakestades (Λακεστάδης) person
Syllis (Συλλίς) person
Temenos (Τήμενος) person
Phaistos (Φαῖστος) person
Also in: 2.6.6 2.10.1
Agamemnon (Ἀγαμέμνων) person
Heracleid (Ἡρακλεῖδης) person
Hippolytus (Ἱππόλυτος) person
Rhopalos (Ῥόπαλος) person
Crete (Κρήτη) place Q34374 Pleiades
Sicyon (Σίκυων) place Q368628 Pleiades
← 2.6.6 2.7.1 →