Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.22.8

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Passage 7.22.8: Founding of Triteia: credited to Celbidas or to Melanippus, son of Ares.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

Τριτείας δὲ οἰκιστὴν οἱ μὲν Κελβίδαν γενέσθαι λέγουσιν, ἀφικόμενον δὲ ἐκ Κύμης τῆς ἐν Ὀπικοῖς· οἱ δὲ ὡς Ἄρης συγγένοιτο Τριτείᾳ θυγατρὶ Τρίτωνος, ἱερᾶσθαι δὲ τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς τὴν παρθένον, Μελάνιππον δὲ παῖδα Ἄρεως καὶ Τριτείας οἰκίσαι τε ὡς ηὐξήθη τὴν πόλιν καὶ θέσθαι τὸ ὄνομα ἀπὸ τῆς μητρός.

English Translation

Concerning the foundation of Triteia, some people say that it was founded by Celbidas, who arrived from Cumae in Opicia; but others say that Ares had intercourse with Triteia, daughter of Triton, who was a priestess of Athena, and that Melanippus, the son of Ares and Triteia, established the city after it had grown in population, and named it after his mother.

Proper Nouns

Triton (Τρίτων) deity
Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Ares (Ἄρης) deity
Kelbidas (Κελβίδας) person
Melanippos (Μελάνιππος) person
Triteia (Τριτεία) person
Cyme (Κύμη) place Q243456
Also in: 10.12.8
Opici (Ὀπικοί) place Q3884171
Also in: 8.24.5 10.12.8
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