Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.2.10

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Passage 7.2.10: Founding and fate of Myus and Priene

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

οἱ δὲ Ἴωνες οἱ Μυοῦντα ἐσοικισάμενοι καὶ Πριήνην, Κᾶρας μὲν καὶ οὗτοι τὰς πόλεις ἀφείλοντο· οἰκισταὶ δὲ Μυοῦντος μὲν Κυάρητος ἐγένετο ὁ Κόδρου, Πριηνεῖς δὲ Ἴωσιν ἀναμεμιγμένοι Θηβαῖοι Φιλώταν τε τὸν ἀπόγονον Πηνέλεω καὶ Αἴπυτον Νειλέως παῖδα ἔσχον οἰκιστάς. Πριηνεῖς μὲν δὴ ὑπὸ Ταβούτου τε τοῦ Πέρσου καὶ ὕστερον ὑπὸ Ἱέρωνος ἀνδρὸς ἐπιχωρίου κακωθέντες ἐς τὸ ἔσχατον ὅμως τελοῦσιν ἐς Ἴωνας· Μυοῦντος δὲ οἱ οἰκήτορες ἐπὶ τύχῃ τοιᾷδε ἐξέλιπον τὴν πόλιν.

English Translation

The Ionians who settled Myus and Priene likewise seized these cities from the Carians. The founder of Myus was Cyaretus, the son of Codrus. As for the settlers of Priene, they were Thebans mingled with Ionians, and had as their founders Philotas, a descendant of Peneleus, and Aepytus, the son of Neileus. The people of Priene suffered severely, first under the Persian Tabutus, and afterwards under Hiero, a native of the region; yet even at the extremity they remained part of the Ionian community. The inhabitants of Myus, however, abandoned their city owing to the following misfortune.

Proper Nouns

Aipytos (Αἴπυτος) person
Thebans (Θηβαῖοι) person
Cyaretus (Κυάρητος) person
Kodros (Κόδρος) person
Carians (Κᾶρες) person
Neileos (Νείλεως) person
Persian (Πέρσης) person
Peneleos (Πηνέλεως) person
Prienians (Πριηνεῖς) person
Taboutos (Ταβοῦτος) person
Philotas (Φιλώτας) person
Hieron (Ἱέρων) person
Ionians (Ἴωνες) person
Myous (Μυοῦντος) place Q1195800
Priene (Πριήνη) place Q142819
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