Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.3.3

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Passage 7.3.3: Promethus' tomb at Polyteichides

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἴωνες δὲ ὅρκους ποιησάμενοι πρὸς τοὺς ἐν Κολοφῶνι Ἕλληνας συνεπολιτεύοντο, οὐδὲν ἔχοντες πλέον· βασιλείαν δὲ Ἰώνων ἡγεμόνες Δαμασίχθων λαμβάνει καὶ Πρόμηθος Κόδρου παῖδες. Πρόμηθος δὲ ὕστερον τὸν ἀδελφὸν Δαμασίχθονα ἀποκτείνας ἔφυγεν ἐς Νάξον, καὶ ἀπέθανε μὲν αὐτόθι ἐν τῇ Νάξῳ, τὸν νεκρὸν δὲ οἴκαδε ἀπαχθέντα κατεδέξαντο οἱ Δαμασίχθονοε παῖδες· καὶ ἔνθα ὁ τοῦ Προμήθου τάφος, Πολυτειχίδες ὄνομά ἐστι τῷ χωρίῳ.

English Translation

The Ionians made oaths and shared citizenship equally with the Greeks in Colophon, obtaining no advantage over them. The leadership of the Ionian kingship was taken by Damasichthon and Promethus, the sons of Codrus. Later, Promethus, having slain his brother Damasichthon, fled to Naxos, where he died on the island. His body was afterward brought back to his homeland and received by the sons of Damasichthon. The tomb of Promethus is located there, in a place called Polyteichides.

Proper Nouns

Damasichthon (Δαμασίχθων) person
Also in: 9.5.16
Kodros (Κόδρος) person
Promethus (Πρόμηθος) person
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Ionians (Ἴωνες) person
Colophon (Κολοφών) place Q1142488
Naxos (Νάξος) place Q188527
Polyteichides (Πολυτειχίδες) place Q107097063
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