Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.34.8

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Passage 9.34.8: Founding of Haliartos and Koroneia

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

ὕστερον δὲ ἀναστρέψαντος ἐκ Κόλχων οἱ μὲν αὐτοῦ Φρίξου φασίν, οἱ δὲ Πρέσβωνος---γεγονέναι δὲ Φρίξῳ τὸν Πρέσβωνα ἐκ τῆς Αἰήτου θυγατρός--- οὕτω συγχωροῦσιν οἱ Θερσάνδρου παῖδες οἶκον μὲν τὸν Ἀθάμαντος Ἀθάμαντι καὶ τοῖς ἀπὸ ἐκείνου προσήκειν· αὐτοὶ δὲ---μοῖραν γὰρ δίδωσί σφισιν Ἀθάμας τῆς γῆς---Ἁλιάρτου καὶ Κορωνείας ἐγένοντο οἰκισταί.

English Translation

Later, after he returned from Colchis, some say it was Phrixus himself, others say it was Presbon—who was born to Phrixus from the daughter of Aeëtes—who came to this agreement with the sons of Thersandros: the house of Athamas should belong to Athamas and his descendants henceforth. But they themselves—for Athamas granted them a portion of land—became the founders of Haliartos and Koroneia.

Proper Nouns

Aeetes (Αἰήτης) person
Also in: 2.3.10
Thersandros (Θέρσανδρος) person
Presbon (Πρέσβων) person
Also in: 9.37.1
Phrixos (Φρίξος) person
Athamas (Ἀθάμας) person
Haliartus (Ἁλίαρτος) person
Also in: 9.34.7
Koroneia (Κορωνεία) place Q593295
Also in: 9.34.4 9.34.5
Colchians (Κόλχοι) place Q2066979
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