Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.7.8

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Passage 5.7.8: Hyperboreans bringing Achaia, Opis and Hekaerge to Delos.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

πρῶτος μὲν ἐν ὕμνῳ τῷ ἐς Ἀχαιίαν ἐποίησεν Ὠλὴν Λύκιος ἀφικέσθαι τὴν Ἀχαιίαν ἐς Δῆλον ἐκ τῶν Ὑπερβορέων τούτων· ἔπειτα δὲ ᾠδὴν Μελάνωπος Κυμαῖος ἐς Ὦπιν καὶ Ἑκαέργην ᾖσεν, ὡς ἐκ τῶν Ὑπερβορέων καὶ αὗται πρότερον ἔτι τῆς Ἀχαιίας ἀφίκοντο καὶ ἐς Δῆλον·

English Translation

First, Olen the Lycian, in the hymn he composed to Achaia, sang that Achaia came to Delos from these Hyperboreans. After this, Melanopus of Cyme composed a song about Opis and Hekaerge, telling that these women, too, came from the Hyperboreans to Delos even earlier than Achaia.

Proper Nouns

Hekaerge (Ἑκαέργη) deity
Also in: 1.43.4
Opis (Ὦπις) deity
Hyperboreans (Ὑπερβόρεοι) other
Also in: 1.18.5 5.7.9
Cymaean (Κυμαῖος) person
Also in: 10.12.8
Lycian (Λύκιος) person
Melanopus (Μελάνωψ) person
Also in: 1.29.6
Olên (Ὠλήν) person
Also in: 2.13.3 9.27.2
Delos (Δῆλος) place Q173148
Achaia (Ἀχαιία) place Q106802838
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