Pausanias' Description of Greece

Phlyus

Role: father of Celænus · First appears: Book 4 · Chapter 1

Life events

  • Caucon introduced the mysteries of the Great Goddesses into the country.(Book 4 · Chapter 1)
    • With: Caucon Celænus Mother Earth
    • “Caucon, the son of Celænus, the son of Phlyus, introduced here from Eleusis the mysteries of the Great Goddesses.”

Book 4 · Chapter 1

  • child: Celænus (Phlyus is the father of Celænus.) “Caucon, the son of Celænus, the son of Phlyus, introduced here from Eleusis the mysteries of the Great Goddesses.”
  • parent: Mother Earth (Mother Earth was Phlyus's mother.) “Phlyus was according to the Athenian tradition the son of Mother Earth.”

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