Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.36.4

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Passage 9.36.4: Minyas, founder of the Minyans and first builder of a treasury

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Φλεγύᾳ δὲ οὐ γενομένων παίδων ἐκδέχεται Χρύσης τὴν ἀρχήν, Χρυσογενείας τε ὢν τῆς Ἄλμου καὶ Ποσειδῶνος. τούτῳ δὲ υἱὸς γίνεται τῷ Χρύσῃ Μινύας, καὶ ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ Μινύαι καὶ νῦν ἔτι ὧν ἦρχεν ὀνομάζονται. πρόσοδοι δὲ ἐγίνοντο τῷ Μινύᾳ τηλικαῦται μέγεθος ὡς ὑπερβαλέσθαι τοὺς πρὸ αὐτοῦ πλούτῳ· θησαυρόν τε ἀνθρώπων ὧν ἴσμεν Μινύας πρῶτος ἐς ὑποδοχὴν χρημάτων ᾠκοδομήσατο.

English Translation

Since Phlegyas had no children, Chryses succeeded him in his rule; he was the son of Chrysogeneia, daughter of Almus, and of Poseidon. To this Chryses was born a son, Minyas, and from him the people whom he ruled still today are called Minyans. Minyas amassed revenues so great in amount that he surpassed in wealth all who had lived before him; he was indeed the first among men known to us to have constructed a treasury as a storehouse for riches.

Proper Nouns

Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) deity
Minyans (Μινύαι) person
Minyas (Μινύας) person
Phlegyas (Φλεγύας) person
Chrysogeneia (Χρυσογένεια) person
Also in: 9.36.1
Chryses (Χρύσης) person
Almos (Ἄλμος) person
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