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Pausanias, Description Of Greece, 2.1.3

τῆς δὲ Κορινθίας ἐστὶ γῆς καὶ ὁ καλούμενος Κρομυὼν ἀπὸ τοῦ Κρόμου τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος. ἐνταῦθα τραφῆναί φασι Φαιὰν, καὶ τῶν λεγομένων Θησέως καὶ τὸ ἐς τὴν ὗν ταύτην ἐστὶν ἔργον. προϊοῦσι δὲ ἡ πίτυς ἄχρι γε ἐμοῦ πεφύκει παρὰ τὸν αἰγιαλὸν καὶ Μελικέρτου βωμὸς ἦν. ἐς τοῦτον τὸν τόπον ἐκκομισθῆναι τὸν παῖδα ὑπὸ δελφῖνος λέγουσι· κειμένῳ δὲ ἐπιτυχόντα Σίσυφον θάψαι τε ἐν τῷ ἰσθμῷ καὶ τὸν ἀγῶνα ἐπʼ αὐτῷ ποιῆσαι τῶν Ἰσθμίων. In the Corinthian territory is also the place called Cromyon from Cromus the son of Poseidon. Here they say that Phaea was bred; overcoming this sow was one of the traditional achievements of Theseus. Farther on the pine still grew by the shore at the time of my visit, and there was an altar of Melicertes. At this place, they say, the boy was brought ashore by a dolphin; Sisyphus found him lying and gave him burial on the Isthmus, establishing the Isthmian games in his honor.

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1. Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3.4.3 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) 3.4.3. Σεμέλης δὲ Ζεὺς ἐρασθεὶς Ἥρας κρύφα συνευνάζεται. ἡ δὲ ἐξαπατηθεῖσα ὑπὸ Ἥρας, κατανεύσαντος αὐτῇ Διὸς πᾶν τὸ αἰτηθὲν ποιήσειν, αἰτεῖται τοιοῦτον αὐτὸν ἐλθεῖν οἷος ἦλθε μνηστευόμενος Ἥραν. Ζεὺς δὲ μὴ δυνάμενος ἀνανεῦσαι παραγίνεται εἰς τὸν θάλαμον αὐτῆς ἐφʼ ἅρματος ἀστραπαῖς ὁμοῦ καὶ βρονταῖς, καὶ κεραυνὸν ἵησιν. Σεμέλης δὲ διὰ τὸν φόβον ἐκλιπούσης, ἑξαμηνιαῖον τὸ βρέφος ἐξαμβλωθὲν ἐκ τοῦ πυρὸς ἁρπάσας ἐνέρραψε τῷ μηρῷ. ἀποθανούσης δὲ Σεμέλης, αἱ λοιπαὶ Κάδμου θυγατέρες διήνεγκαν λόγον, συνηυνῆσθαι θνητῷ τινι Σεμέλην καὶ καταψεύσασθαι Διός, καὶ ὅτι 1 -- διὰ τοῦτο ἐκεραυνώθη. κατὰ δὲ τὸν χρόνον τὸν καθήκοντα Διόνυσον γεννᾷ Ζεὺς λύσας τὰ ῥάμματα, καὶ δίδωσιν Ἑρμῇ. ὁ δὲ κομίζει πρὸς Ἰνὼ καὶ Ἀθάμαντα καὶ πείθει τρέφειν ὡς κόρην. ἀγανακτήσασα δὲ Ἥρα μανίαν αὐτοῖς ἐνέβαλε, καὶ Ἀθάμας μὲν τὸν πρεσβύτερον παῖδα Λέαρχον ὡς ἔλαφον θηρεύσας ἀπέκτεινεν, Ἰνὼ δὲ τὸν Μελικέρτην εἰς πεπυρωμένον λέβητα ῥίψασα, εἶτα βαστάσασα μετὰ νεκροῦ τοῦ παιδὸς ἥλατο κατὰ βυθοῦ. 1 -- καὶ Λευκοθέα μὲν αὐτὴν καλεῖται, Παλαίμων δὲ ὁ παῖς, οὕτως ὀνομασθέντες ὑπὸ τῶν πλεόντων· τοῖς χειμαζομένοις γὰρ βοηθοῦσιν. ἐτέθη δὲ ἐπὶ Μελικέρτῃ ὁ 2 -- ἀγὼν τῶν Ἰσθμίων, Σισύφου θέντος. Διόνυσον δὲ Ζεὺς εἰς ἔριφον ἀλλάξας τὸν Ἥρας θυμὸν ἔκλεψε, καὶ λαβὼν αὐτὸν Ἑρμῆς πρὸς νύμφας ἐκόμισεν ἐν Νύσῃ κατοικούσας τῆς Ἀσίας, ἃς ὕστερον Ζεὺς καταστερίσας ὠνόμασεν Ὑάδας.
2. Aelius Aristides, Orations, 46.36, 46.40-46.41 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
3. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1.44.7, 2.2.1 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) 1.44.7. There are legends about the rocks, which rise especially at the narrow part of the road. As to the Molurian, it is said that from it Ino flung her self into the sea with Melicertes, the younger of her children. Learchus, the elder of them, had been killed by his father. One account is that Athamas did this in a fit of madness; another is that he vented on Ino and her children unbridled rage when he learned that the famine which befell the Orchomenians and the supposed death of Phrixus were not accidents from heaven, but that Ino, the step-mother, had intrigued for all these things. 2.2.1. Within the enclosure is on the left a temple of Palaemon, with images in it of Poseidon, Leucothea and Palaemon himself. There is also what is called his Holy of Holies, and an underground descent to it, where they say that Palaemon is concealed. Whosoever, whether Corinthian or stranger, swears falsely here, can by no means escape from his oath. There is also an ancient sanctuary called the altar of the Cyclopes, and they sacrifice to the Cyclopes upon it.
4. Epigraphy, Ig Iii3 Appendix, 100

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
ambiguity	Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 137
demeter,chthonic god	Eidinow (2007), Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks, 290
euripides,on ino in medea	Eidinow (2007), Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks, 290
hadrian	Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 137
hekate,invoked	Eidinow (2007), Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks, 290
hermes,chthonios	Eidinow (2007), Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks, 290
hymns	Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 137
impietas/impiety/impious	Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 137
ino-leucothea	Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 137
mysteries	Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 137
oath	Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 137
palaemon	Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 137
pausanias	Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 137
persephone	Eidinow (2007), Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks, 290
plutarch	Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 137
pluto	Eidinow (2007), Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks, 290
sisyphus	Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 137
tethys'	Eidinow (2007), Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks, 290