Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.10.1

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Passage 6.10.1: Glaucus of Carystus, a Boeotian farmer-turned-hero.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐπὶ δὲ τοῖς κατειλεγμένοις ἕστηκεν ὁ Καρύστιος Γλαῦκος· εἶναι δέ φασιν ἐξ Ἀνθηδόνος τῆς Βοιωτῶν τὸ ἄνωθεν αὐτὸν γένος ἀπὸ Γλαύκου τοῦ ἐν θαλάσσῃ δαίμονος. πατρὸς δὲ οὗτος ὁ Καρύστιος ἦν Δημύλου, καὶ γῆν φασιν αὐτὸν κατʼ ἀρχὰς ἐργάζεσθαι· ἐκπεσοῦσαν δὲ ἐκ τοῦ ἀρότρου τὴν ὕνιν πρὸς τὸ ἄροτρον καθήρμοσε τῇ χειρὶ ἀντὶ σφύρας χρώμενος, καί πως

English Translation

Next to those I have already recorded stands Glaucus of Carystus. They say his ancestry traces ultimately back to Anthedon in Boeotia, from Glaucus, the divinity of the sea. This Carystian was the son of Demylus; in the beginning, they say, he worked as a farmer. Once, when the share fell off suddenly from his plow, he fitted it back onto the plow using his hand instead of a hammer, and somehow—

Proper Nouns

Boeotians (Βοιωτοί) other
Glaukos (Γλαῦκος) person Q20002632
Demylos (Δήμυλος) person Q106137545
Karystios (Καρύστιος) person
Anthedon (Ἀνθήδων) place Q2857905
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