Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.3.8

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Passage 7.3.8: Parphorus leads an Ionic colony beneath Mount Ida, later abandoned for Scyppium

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Κλαζομενίοις δὲ καὶ Φωκαεῦσι, πρὶν μὲν ἢ Ἴωνας ἐς τὴν Ἀσίαν ἐλθεῖν, οὐκ ᾠκοῦντο αἱ πόλεις· Ἰώνων δὲ ἀφικομένων μοῖρα ἐξ αὐτῶν πλανωμένη μετεπέμψατο ἡγεμόνα παρὰ Κολοφωνίων Πάρφορον, καὶ πόλιν κτίσαντες ὑπὸ τῇ Ἴδῃ τὴν μὲν οὐ μετὰ πολὺ ἐκλείπουσιν, ἐπανιόντες δὲ ἐς Ἰωνίαν Σκύππιον τῆς Κολοφωνίας ἔκτισαν.

English Translation

But Clazomenae and Phocaea were not inhabited cities before the Ionians came into Asia. After the arrival of the Ionians, a wandering band among them summoned Parphorus, a leader from the Colophonians, and founded a city beneath Mount Ida. Not long afterward, they abandoned this settlement, and upon returning to Ionia, they founded Scyppium in Colophonian territory.

Proper Nouns

Clazomenians (Κλαζομένιοι) person
Colophonians (Κολοφώνιοι) person
Parphorus (Πάρφορος) person
Phocaeans (Φωκαεῖς) person
Ionians (Ἴωνες) person
Colophon (Κολοφών) place Q1142488
Scyppion (Σκύππιον) place
Asia (Ἀσία) place Q210718
Ionia (Ἰωνία) place Q620874
Ida (Ἴδη) place Q83659
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