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Pausanias, Description of Greece, Boeotia, chapter 24 (search)
of Copae about twelve stades from it is Olmones, and some seven stades distant from Olmones is Hyettus both right from their foundation to the present day have been villages. In my view Hyettus, as Hyettus, as well as the Athamantian plain, belongs to the district of Orchomenus. All the stories I heard about Hyettus the Argive and Olmus, the son of Sisyphus, I shall include in my history of Orchomenus.PausHyettus the Argive and Olmus, the son of Sisyphus, I shall include in my history of Orchomenus.Paus. 9.34.10 and Paus. 9.36.6. In Olmones they did not show me anything that was in the least worth seeing, but in Hyettus is a temple of Heracles, from whom the sick may get cures. There is an image noHyettus is a temple of Heracles, from whom the sick may get cures. There is an image not carefully carved, but of unwrought stone after the ancient fashion. About twenty stades away from Hyettus is Cyrtones. The ancient name of the town was, they say, Cyrtone. It is built on a high mouHyettus is Cyrtones. The ancient name of the town was, they say, Cyrtone. It is built on a high mountain, and here are a temple and grove of Apollo. There are also standing images of Apollo and Artemis. There is here too a cool stream of water rising from a rock. By the spring is a sanctuary of th
Pausanias, Description of Greece, Boeotia, chapter 36 (search)
distinguish them from the Orchomenians in Arcadia. To this Orchomenus during his kingship came Hyettus from Argos, who was an exile because of the slaying of Molurus, son of Arisbas, whom he caught edded wife and killed. Orchomenus assigned to him such of the land as is now around the village Hyettus, and the land adjacent to this. Hyettus is also mentioned by the poet who composed the poem calHyettus is also mentioned by the poet who composed the poem called by the Greeks the Great Eoeae:—And Hyettus killed Molurus, the dear son of Arisbas,In the halls, because of his wife's bed;Leaving his home he fled from horse-breeding Argos,And reached Minyan OrHyettus killed Molurus, the dear son of Arisbas,In the halls, because of his wife's bed;Leaving his home he fled from horse-breeding Argos,And reached Minyan Orchomenus, and the heroWelcomed him, and bestowed on him a portion of his possessions, as was fitting.The Great Eoeae, unknown location. This Hyettus was the first man known to have exacted punishmentHyettus was the first man known to have exacted punishment from an adulterer. Later on, when Dracon was legislator for the Athenians, it was enacted in the laws which he drew up for the Athenians that the punishment of an adulterer should be one of the acts