Pausanias Analysis

Passage 4.34.11

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Passage 4.34.11: Asine's Dryopes, keeping sanctuaries and an annual festival for Dryops, son of Apollo.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

μόνοι δὲ τοῦ γένους τοῦ Δρυόπων οἱ Ἀσιναῖοι σεμνύνονται καὶ ἐς ἡμᾶς ἔτι τῷ ὀνόματι, οὐδὲν ὁμοίως καὶ Εὐβοέων οἱ Στύρα ἔχοντες. εἰσὶ γὰρ καὶ οἱ Στυρεῖς Δρύοπες τὸ ἐξ ἀρχῆς, ὅσοι τῆς πρὸς τὸν Ἡρακλέα οὐ μετέσχον μάχης, ἀπωτέρω τῆς πόλεως ἔχοντες τὰς οἰκήσεις· ἀλλὰ οἱ μὲν Στυρεῖς καλεῖσθαι Δρύοπες ὑπερφρονοῦσι, καθάπερ γε καὶ οἱ Δελφοὶ πεφεύγασιν ὀνομάζεσθαι Φωκεῖς, Ἀσιναῖοι δὲ Δρύοπές τε τὰ μάλιστα χαίρουσι καλούμενοι καὶ τῶν ἱερῶν τὰ ἁγιώτατά εἰσι δῆλοι κατὰ μνήμην πεποιημένοι τῶν ποτὲ ἐν Παρνασσῷ σφισιν ἱδρυμένων. τοῦτο μὲν γὰρ Ἀπόλλωνός ἐστιν αὐτοῖς ναός, τοῦτο δὲ Δρύοπος ἱερὸν καὶ ἄγαλμα ἀρχαῖον· ἄγουσι καὶ παρὰ ἔτος αὐτῷ τελετήν, παῖδα τὸν Δρύοπα Ἀπόλλωνος εἶναι λέγοντες.

English Translation

Among the Dryopian race, only the people of Asine boast of the name down to our time; the city of Styra in Euboea does not do so similarly. Indeed, the Styrians too were originally Dryopes, those who had not joined battle against Heracles and whose abodes were distant from the city. Yet the Styrians disdain the designation "Dryopes," just as the people of Delphi have avoided being called "Phocians." But the people of Asine, on the contrary, especially delight in being called Dryopes, and clearly maintain their holiest sanctuaries in memory of those once established upon Parnassus. For they have here a temple of Apollo and there a sanctuary of Dryops and an ancient image. Every year they hold a religious festival in his honor, claiming Dryops as the son of Apollo.

Proper Nouns

Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Dryopes (Δρύοπες) person
Also in: 4.8.3 4.34.9 5.1.2
Dryops (Δρύοψ) person
Euboeans (Εὐβοεῖς) person
Also in: 7.14.7
Styraeans (Στυρεῖς) person
Phocians (Φωκεῖς) person
Asinaeans (Ἀσιναῖοι) person
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
Parnassus (Παρνασσός) place Q105261
Styra (Στύρα) place Q57758204
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