Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.21.6

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Passage 6.21.6: The temple of Athena Cydonia at Phrixa

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ χώρᾳ λόφος ἐστὶν ἀνήκων ἐς ὀξύ, ἐπὶ δὲ αὐτῷ πόλεως Φρίξας ἐρείπια καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς ἐστιν ἐπίκλησιν Κυδωνίας ναός. οὗτος μὲν οὐ τὰ πάντα ἐστὶ σῶς, βωμὸς δὲ καὶ ἐς ἐμὲ ἔτι· ἱδρύσασθαι δὲ τῇ θεῷ τὸ ἱερὸν Κλύμενόν φασιν ἀπόγονον Ἡρακλέους τοῦ Ἰδαίου, παραγενέσθαι δὲ αὐτὸν ἀπὸ Κυδωνίας τῆς Κρητικῆς καὶ τοῦ Ἰαρδάνου ποταμοῦ. λέγουσι δὲ καὶ Πέλοπα οἱ Ἠλεῖοι τῇ Ἀθηνᾷ θῦσαι τῇ Κυδωνίᾳ πρὶν ἢ ἐς τὸν ἀγῶνα αὐτὸν τῷ Οἰνομάῳ καθίστασθαι.

English Translation

In this region there is a hill rising sharply to a point, upon which lie the ruins of the city Phrixa and a temple of Athena, surnamed Cydonia. The temple is not in every respect intact, but the altar still remained even in my time. They say that Clymenus, a descendant of Heracles of Ida, founded this sanctuary for the goddess, having come here from Cydonia in Crete near the river Iardanus. The Eleians say as well that Pelops offered a sacrifice to Athena surnamed Cydonia before undertaking the contest itself against Oenomaus.

Proper Nouns

Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Eleans (Ἠλεῖοι) other
Idaean (Ἰδαῖος) other
Also in: 5.7.9 6.23.3
Clymenus (Κλύμενος) person
Oenomaus (Οἰνομαῖος) person
Pelops (Πέλοψ) person
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person
Crete (Κρήτη) place Q34374 Pleiades
Kydonia (Κυδωνίς) place Q1481525
Phrixai (Φρίξαι) place
Iardanos (Ἰάρδανος) place Q3791516
Also in: 5.5.9 5.7.4 5.18.6
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