Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.21.1

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Passage 7.21.1: Coresus's unrequited love for Callirhoe.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

καὶ Διονύσου κατὰ τοῦτο τῆς πόλεώς ἐστιν ἱερὸν ἐπίκλησιν Καλυδωνίου· μετεκομίσθη γὰρ καὶ τοῦ Διονύσου τὸ ἄγαλμα ἐκ Καλυδῶνος. ὅτε δὲ ᾠκεῖτο ἔτι Καλυδών, ἄλλοι τε Καλυδωνίων ἐγένοντο ἱερεῖς τῷ θεῷ καὶ δὴ καὶ Κόρεσος, ὃν ἀνθρώπων μάλιστα ἐπέλαβεν ἄδικα ἐξ ἔρωτος παθεῖν. ἤρα μὲν Καλλιρόης παρθένου· ὁπόσον δὲ ἐς Καλλιρόην ἔρωτος Κορέσῳ μετῆν, τοσοῦτο εἶχεν ἀπεχθείας ἐς αὐτὸν ἡ παρθένος.

English Translation

In this part of the city stands a sanctuary of Dionysus called Calydonian, for the image of Dionysus was also brought over from Calydon. When Calydon was still inhabited, various Calydonians served as priests to this god, among them Coresus, who suffered from love more unjustly than anyone ever had. He fell in love with a maiden named Callirhoe, but as deeply as Coresus was overcome with passion for Callirhoe, so deeply did the maiden despise him.

Proper Nouns

Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Calydonians (Καλυδώνιοι) other
Calydonian (Καλυδώνιος) other
Callirhoe (Καλλιρόη) person
Coresus (Κόρεσος) person
Calydon (Καλυδών) place Q750313
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