Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.40.6

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Passage 9.40.6: Lineage from Phylas to Chaeron and the naming of Chaeroneia and Lebadeia

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

Φύλας δʼ ὤπυιεν κούρην κλειτοῦ Ἰολάου † λειπεφιληνη ν εἶδος Ὀλυμπιάδεσσιν ὅμοιον, Ἱππότην δέ οἱ υἱὸν ἐνὶ μεγάροισιν ἔτικτεν Θηρώ τʼ εὐειδῆ, ἰκέλην φαέεσσι σελήνης. Θηρὼ δʼ Ἀπόλλωνος ἐς ἀγκοίνῃσι πεσοῦσα γείνατο Χαίρωνος κρατερὸν μένος ἱπποδάμοιο. The Great Eoeae, unknown location. Ὅμηρος δὲ ἐπιστάμενος ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν Χαιρώνειάν τε ἤδη καὶ Λεβάδειαν καλουμένας, ὅμως τοῖς ἀρχαίοις ἐχρήσατο ὀνόμασιν ἐς αὐτάς, καθότι καὶ Αἴγυπτον τὸν ποταμὸν εἶπεν, οὐ Νεῖλον.

English Translation

Phylas married the daughter of famed Iolaus, fairest of form among the daughters of Olympus. In his halls she bore him a son, Hippotes, and handsome Thero, radiant as moonlight. Thero, embraced by Apollo, bore the mighty Chaeron, tamer of horses. Homer, it seems to me, knew already the places called now Chaeroneia and Lebadeia, yet still employed their ancient names, just as he called the Egyptian river Aegyptus, not Nile.

Proper Nouns

Selene (Σελήνη) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Olympiads (Ὀλυμπιάδες) deity
Thero (Θηρώ) person
Also in: 3.19.8
Phylas (Φύλας) person
Also in: 1.5.2
Cheiron (Χαίρων) person
Also in: 7.27.7 9.40.5
Iolaus (Ἰόλαος) person
Hippotes (Ἱππότης) person
Also in: 2.4.3 3.13.4
Homer (Ὅμηρος) person
Egypt (Αἴγυπτος) place Q79 Pleiades
Lebadeia (Λεβάδεια) place Q11931280
Nile (Νεῖλος) place Q3392
Chaeronea (Χαιρώνεια) place Q13574678
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