Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.25.8

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Passage 7.25.8: Boura, named for Ion's daughter, destroyed by a violent earthquake.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐκ Κερυνείας δὲ ἐπανελθόντι ἐς τὴν λεωφόρον καὶ ὁδεύσαντι οὐκ ἐπὶ πολὺ δεύτερα ἔστιν ἐς Βοῦραν ἀποτραπέσθαι· θαλάσσης δὲ ἐν δεξιᾷ καὶ ἡ Βοῦρα ἐν ὄρει κεῖται. τεθῆναι δέ φασι τῇ πόλει τὸ ὄνομα ἀπὸ γυναικὸς Βούρας, θυγατέρα δʼ αὐτὴν Ἴωνος τοῦ Ξούθου καὶ Ἑλίκης εἶναι. ὅτε δὲ Ἑλίκην ἐποίησεν ἄδηλον ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ὁ θεός, τότε καὶ τὴν Βοῦραν σεισμὸς ἐπέλαβεν ἰσχυρός, ὡς μηδὲ τὰ ἀγάλματα ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς ὑπολειφθῆναι τὰ ἀρχαῖα.

English Translation

Returning from Ceryneia to the main road and travelling a short distance along it, one may take another turning towards Boura. The sea is to the right, while Boura itself lies upon a mountain. They say that the city took its name from Boura, a woman who was the daughter of Ion son of Xuthus and of Helice. When the god rendered Helice invisible to human sight, Boura too was visited by a vehement earthquake, such that not even the ancient statues within the sanctuaries were preserved.

Proper Nouns

god (θεός) deity
Boura (Βοῦρα) person
Xuthus (Ξοῦθος) person Q3571039
Helike (Ἑλίκη) person Q56191811
Also in: 7.1.3
Ion (Ἴων) person
Boura (Βοῦρα) place Q3555318
Ceryneia (Κερυνεία) place Q12879058
Helike (Ἑλίκη) place Q1432654
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