Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.36.8

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Passage 9.36.8: Hyettus punished for adultery.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

πρῶτος δὲ οὗτος ὁ Ὕηττος δίκην μοιχείας λαβὼν δῆλός ἐστι· καὶ χρόνῳ ὕστερον Δράκοντος Ἀθηναίοις θεσμοθετήσαντος ἐκ τῶν ἐκείνου κατέστη νόμων, οὓς ἔγραφεν ἐπὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς, ἄλλων τε ὁπόσων ἄδειαν εἶναι χρὴ καὶ δὴ καὶ τιμωρίας μοιχοῦ. τὸ δὲ ἀξίωμα τῶν Μινυῶν ἐπὶ τοσοῦτο ἤδη προῆκτο, ὥστε καὶ Νηλεὺς Κρηθέως βασιλεύων Πύλου γυναῖκα ἔσχεν ἐξ Ὀρχομενοῦ Χλῶριν Ἀμφίονος τοῦ Ἰασίου.

English Translation

This Hyettus is the first recorded to have been punished for adultery; and later, when Draco established laws for the Athenians, among the ordinances enacted during his administration was one that particularly specified impunity for certain actions, but explicitly prescribed punishment for adultery. The prestige of the Minyans had meanwhile grown to such an extent that Neleus, son of Cretheus, while reigning as king in Pylos, took as his wife Chloris, daughter of Amphion son of Iasius, from Orchomenus.

Proper Nouns

Minyans (Μινύες) other
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) other
Draco (Δράκων) person Q28626
Also in: 6.11.6
Cretheus (Κρηθεύς) person
Also in: 4.2.5 5.8.2
Neleus (Νηλεύς) person
Chloris (Χλῶρις) person
Amphion (Ἀμφίων) person
Iasios (Ἰάσιος) person
Hyettos (Ὕηττος) person
Also in: 9.36.6 9.36.7
Pylos (Πύλος) place Q3904982
Orchomenus (Ὀρχομενός) place Q13574822
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