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Pausanias, Description Of Greece, 5.23.6

πρὸς δὲ τῷ ἅρματι τῷ Γέλωνος Ζεὺς ἕστηκεν ἀρχαῖος ἔχων σκῆπτρον, Ὑβλαίων δέ φασιν εἶναι ἀνάθημα· αἱ δὲ ἦσαν ἐν Σικελίᾳ πόλεις αἱ Ὕβλαι, ἡ μὲν Γερεᾶτις ἐπίκλησιν, τὴν δὲ—ὥσπερ γε καὶ ἦν —ἐκάλουν Μείζονα. ἔχουσι δὲ καὶ κατʼ ἐμὲ ἔτι τὰ ὀνόματα, ἐν τῇ Καταναίᾳ δὲ ἡ μὲν ἔρημος ἐς ἅπαν, ἡ δὲ κώμη τε Καταναίων ἡ Γερεᾶτις καὶ ἱερόν σφισιν Ὑβλαίας ἐστὶ θεοῦ, παρὰ Σικελιωτῶν ἔχον τιμάς. παρὰ τούτων δὲ κομισθῆναι τὸ ἄγαλμα ἐς Ὀλυμπίαν ἡγοῦμαι· τεράτων γὰρ σφᾶς καὶ ἐνυπνίων Φίλιστος ὁ Ἀρχομενίδου φησὶν ἐξηγητὰς εἶναι καὶ μάλιστα εὐσεβείᾳ τῶν ἐν Σικελίᾳ βαρβάρων προσκεῖσθαι. By the chariot of Gelon stands an ancient Zeus holding a scepter which is said to be an offering of the Hyblaeans. There were two cities in Sicily called Hybla, one surnamed Gereatis and the other Greater, it being in fact the greater of the two. They still retain their old names, and are in the district of Catana . Greater Hybla is entirely uninhabited, but Gereatis is a village of Catana, with a sanctuary of the goddess Hyblaea which is held in honor by the Sicilians. The people of Gereatis, I think, brought the image to Olympia . For Philistus, the son of Archomenides, says that they were interpreters of portents and dreams, and more given to devotions than any other foreigners in Sicily .

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1. Herodotus, Histories, 1.78 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) 1.78. This was how Croesus reasoned. Meanwhile, snakes began to swarm in the outer part of the city; and when they appeared the horses, leaving their accustomed pasture, devoured them. When Croesus saw this he thought it a portent, and so it was. ,He at once sent to the homes of the Telmessian interpreters, to inquire concerning it; but though his messengers came and learned from the Telmessians what the portent meant, they could not bring back word to Croesus, for he was a prisoner before they could make their voyage back to Sardis . ,Nonetheless, this was the judgment of the Telmessians: that Croesus must expect a foreign army to attack his country, and that when it came, it would subjugate the inhabitants of the land: for the snake, they said, was the offspring of the land, but the horse was an enemy and a foreigner. This was the answer which the Telmessians gave Croesus, knowing as yet nothing of the fate of Sardis and of the king himself; but when they gave it, Croesus was already taken.
2. Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander, 2.3.1-2.3.4 (1st cent. CE 2.3.1. Ἀλέξανδρος δὲ ὡς ἐς Γόρδιον παρῆλθε, πόθος λαμβάνει αὐτὸν ἀνελθόντα ἐς τὴν ἄκραν, ἵνα καὶ τὰ βασίλεια ἦν τὰ Γορδίου καὶ τοῦ παιδὸς αὐτοῦ Μίδου, τὴν ἅμαξαν ἰδεῖν τὴν Γορδίου καὶ τοῦ ζυγοῦ τῆς ἁμάξης τὸν δεσμόν. 2.3.2. λόγος δὲ περὶ τῆς ἀμάξης ἐκείνης παρὰ τοῖς προσχώροις πολὺς κατεῖχε, Γόρδιον εἶναι τῶν πάλαι Φρυγῶν ἄνδρα πένητα καὶ ὀλίγην εἶναι αὐτῷ γῆν ἐργάζεσθαι καὶ ζεύγη βοῶν δύο· καὶ τῷ μὲν ἀροτριᾶν, τῶ δὲ ἁμαξεύειν τὸν Γόρδιον. 2.3.3. καί ποτε ἀροῦντος αὐτοῦ ἐπιστῆναι ἐπὶ τὸν ζυγὸν ἀετὸν καὶ ἐπιμεῖναι ἔστε ἐπὶ βουλυτὸν καθήμενον· τὸν δὲ ἐκπλαγέντα τῇ ὄψει ἰέναι κοινώσοντα ὑπὲρ τοῦ θείου παρὰ τοὺς Τελμισσέας τοὺς μάντεις· εἶναι γὰρ τοὺς Τελμισσέας σοφοὺς τὰ θεῖα ἐξηγεῖσθαι καὶ σφισιν ἀπὸ γένους δεδόσθαι αὐτοῖς καὶ γυναιξὶν καὶ παισὶ τὴν μαντείαν. 2.3.4. προσάγοντα δὲ κώμῃ τινὶ τῶν Τελμισσέων ἐντυχεῖν παρθένῳ ὑδρευομένῃ καὶ πρὸς ταύτην εἰπεῖν ὅπως οἱ τὸ τοῦ ἀετοῦ ἔσχε· τὴν δέ, εἶναι γὰρ καὶ αὐτὴν τοῦ μαντικοῦ γένους, θύειν κελεῦσαι τῷ Διὶ τῷ βασιλεῖ, ἐπανελθόντα ἐς τὸν τόπον αὐτόν. καὶ, δεηθῆναι γὰρ αὐτῆς Γόρδιον τὴν θυσίαν ξυνεπισπομένην οἱ αὐτὴν ἐξηγήσασθαι, θῦσαί τε ὅπως ἐκείνη ὑπετίθετο τὸν Γόρδιον καὶ ξυγγενέσθαι ἐπὶ γάμῳ τῇ παιδὶ καὶ γενέσθαι αὐτοῖν παῖδα Μίδαν ὄνομα.
3. Tatian, Oration To The Greeks, 1 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
altar	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 207
animal	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 207
caria	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 207
corinth	Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 575
cult, transfer	Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 575
dunbabin, t. j.	Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 575
eagle	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 206, 207
east	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 207
etymology	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 207
hephaistos (god)	Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 575
herodotus	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 207
hidruein	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 207
king	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 206, 207
limit	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 207
magna graecia (south italy and sicily), indigenous religion	Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 575
magna graecia (south italy and sicily), religious tradition and innovation	Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 575
magna graecia (south italy and sicily)	Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 575
malkin, irad	Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 575
maniscalco, l.	Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 575
mcconnell, b. e.	Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 575
oracle	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 207
orlandini, p.	Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 575
orsi, paolo	Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 575
philistos	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 206
religion/theology, syncretism'	Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 575
sailing	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 206, 207
shepherd, gillian	Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 575
sicily	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 207
siracusano, anna	Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 575
telmesseis	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 207
themistō	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 207
tomb	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 207
west	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 207
zabios	Gagne, Cosmography and the Idea of Hyperborea in Ancient Greece (2021), 207