Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.29.8

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Passage 9.29.8: Linus (Oitolinos) buried in Thebes; Philip later brought his bones to Macedonia

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Πάμφως δέ, ὃς Ἀθηναίοις τῶν ὕμνων ἐποίησε τοὺς ἀρχαιοτάτους, οὗτος ἀκμάζοντος ἐπὶ τῷ Λίνῳ τοῦ πένθους Οἰτόλινον ἐκάλεσεν αὐτόν. Σαπφὼ δὲ ἡ Λεσβία τοῦ Οἰτολίνου τὸ ὄνομα ἐκ τῶν ἐπῶν τῶν Πάμφω μαθοῦσα Ἄδωνιν ὁμοῦ καὶ Οἰτόλινον ᾖσεν. Θηβαῖοι δὲ λέγουσι παρὰ σφίσι ταφῆναι τὸν Λίνον, καὶ ὡς μετὰ τὸ πταῖσμα τὸ ἐν Χαιρωνείᾳ τὸ Ἑλληνικὸν Φίλιππος ὁ Ἀμύντου κατὰ δή τινα ὄψιν ὀνείρατος τὰ ὀστᾶ ἀνελόμενος τοῦ Λίνου κομίσειεν ἐς Μακεδονίαν·

English Translation

Pamphos, who composed the oldest hymns for the Athenians, called this Linus Oitolinos during the heyday of the sorrowful lamentation. Sappho of Lesbos, learning the name Oitolinos from the verses of Pamphos, sang of Adonis along with Oitolinos. The Thebans say that Linus was buried among them, and that after the Greek defeat at Chaeronea, Philip son of Amyntas, following some vision in a dream, exhumed Linus' bones and brought them to Macedonia.

Proper Nouns

Adonis (Ἄδωνις) deity
Also in: 2.20.6 9.41.2
Hellenic (Ἑλληνικόν) other
Thebans (Θηβαῖοι) person
Linos (Λίνος) person
Lesbian (of Lesbos) (Λεσβία) person
Also in: 8.18.5
Oitolinos (Οἰτόλινος) person
Pamphos (Πάμφως) person
Sappho (Σαπφώ) person
Also in: 1.25.1 9.27.3
Philip (Φίλιππος) person
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Amyntas (Ἀμύντας) person
Macedonia (Μακεδονία) place Q83958
Chaeronea (Χαιρώνεια) place Q13574678
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