Pausanias Analysis

Passage 4.30.4

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Passage 4.30.4: Tyche named as an Oceanid in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

πρῶτος δὲ ὧν οἶδα ἐποιήσατο ἐν τοῖς ἔπεσιν Ὅμηρος Τύχης μνήμην· ἐποιήσατο δὲ ἐν ὕμνῳ τῷ ἐς τὴν Δήμητρα ἄλλας τε τῶν Ὠκεανοῦ θυγατέρας καταριθμούμενος, ὡς ὁμοῦ Κόρῃ τῇ Δήμητρος παίζοιεν, καὶ Τύχην ὡς Ὠκεανοῦ καὶ ταύτην παῖδα οὖσαν· καὶ οὕτως ἔχει τὰ ἔπη· ἡμεῖς μὲν μάλα πᾶσαι ἀνʼ ἱμερτὸν λειμῶνα, Λευκίππη Φαινώ τε καὶ Ἠλέκτρη καὶ Ἰάνθη Μηλόβοσίς τε Τύχη τε καὶ Ὠκυρόη καλυκῶπις. HH Dem. 5.420

English Translation

Homer is the first poet whom I know who made mention of Tyche in his verses. He did this in the Hymn to Demeter, where, enumerating the other daughters of Ocean who played together with Kore, Demeter's daughter, he says that Tyche also was a daughter of Ocean. His words are as follows: "Then all of us together upon the lovely meadow played, Leukippe, Phaino, and Electra, and Ianthe, Melobosis and Tyche, and blooming-faced Okyrrhoe."

Proper Nouns

Demeter (Δήμητρα) deity
Kore (Κόρη) deity
Tyche (Τύχη) deity
Oceanus (Ὠκεανός) deity
Leucippe (Λευκίππη) person
Melobosis (Μηλόβοσις) person
Phaino (Φαινώ) person
Electra (Ἠλέκτρα) person
Ianthe (Ἰάνθη) person
Homer (Ὅμηρος) person
Okyroe (Ὠκυρόη) person
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