Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.17.5

← 8.17.4 8.17.6 →

Passage 8.17.5: Mount Chelydorea, where Hermes made a lyre from a tortoise shell

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἔχεται δὲ ἄλλο ὄρος Κυλλήνης Χελυδόρεα, ἔνθα εὑρὼν χελώνην Ἑρμῆς ἐκδεῖραι τὸ θηρίον καὶ ἀπʼ αὐτῆς λέγεται ποιήσασθαι λύραν. ἐνταῦθα Φενεάταις καὶ Πελληνεῦσιν ὅροι τῆς γῆς εἰσι, καὶ τοῦ ὄρους τῶν Χελυδορέων οἱ Ἀχαιοὶ τὸ πλέον νέμονται.

English Translation

Next to Cyllene is another mountain, Chelydorea, where Hermes, having found a tortoise, is said to have stripped the animal of its shell and from this fashioned a lyre. At this point lie the boundaries between the lands of Pheneus and Pellene. The greater part of Mount Chelydorea is held by the Achaeans.

Proper Nouns

Hermes (Ἑρμῆς) deity
Pelleneans (Πελληνεὺς) person
Pheneatian (Φενεάτης) person
Also in: 8.13.6 8.14.9
Achaean (Ἀχαιός) person
Kyllene (Κυλλήνη) place Q56650616
Chelydorea (Χελυδόρεα) place Q131295289
Chelydorea (Χελυδόρεια) place Q131295289
← 8.17.4 8.17.6 →