Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.34.9

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Passage 9.34.9: Eteocles, son of Andreus or—by local tradition—the river Cephisus (called Cephisiades).

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

πρότερον δὲ ἔτι τούτων Ἀνδρεὺς Εὐίππην θυγατέρα Λεύκωνος λαμβάνει παρὰ Ἀθάμαντος γυναῖκα, καὶ υἱὸς Ἐτεοκλῆς αὐτῷ γίνεται, Κηφισοῦ δὲ τοῦ ποταμοῦ κατὰ τῶν πολιτῶν τὴν φήμην, ὥστε καὶ τῶν ποιησάντων τινὲς Κηφισιάδην τὸν Ἐτεοκλέα ἐκάλεσαν ἐν τοῖς ἔπεσιν.

English Translation

Yet even before these events, Andreus took Euippe, daughter of Leucon, as a wife from Athamas, and she bore him a son named Eteocles. According to local tradition, however, Eteocles' father was said to be the river Cephisus, so that some among the poets even called him Cephisiades ("son of Cephisus") in their verses.

Proper Nouns

Kephisos (Cephisus) (Κῆφισος) deity
Euippe (Εὐίππη) person
Kephisiades (Cephisiades) (Κηφισιάδης) person
Leukon (Λεύκων) person
Also in: 6.21.11 9.34.7
Athamas (Ἀθάμας) person
Andreus (Ἀνδρεύς) person
Also in: 9.34.10
Eteocles (Ἐτεοκλῆς) person
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