Hydna

Role: diver · First appears: Book 10 · Chapter 19

In Book 10, Chapter 19, Hydna is described as the daughter of Scyllis, who taught her diving. During a storm off Mount Pelion, Hydna and Scyllis damaged Xerxes’ fleet by diving down and cutting the ships’ anchor cables. For this service, the Amphictyones made statues of them at Delphi; later, Nero took Hydna’s statue away from Delphi.

Relationship record

Life events

• The Amphictyones made statues honoring Scyllis and Hydna for damaging Xerxes’ fleet.(Book 10 · Chapter 19 · 📍 Delphi)
  • With: Scyllis
  • “It was for this good service that the Amphictyones made statues of Scyllis and his daughter.”
• Nero removed Hydna’s statue from Delphi.(Book 10 · Chapter 19 · 📍 Delphi)
  • With: Nero
  • “And among the statues that Nero took away from Delphi was this of Hydna.”

Book 10 · Chapter 19

• parent: Scyllis “a statue of Scyllis of Scione, who had wonderful fame as a diver, and taught his daughter Hydna diving.”
• with Xerxes (Hydna helped damage Xerxes' fleet.) “When a violent storm came on Xerxes’ fleet off Mount Pelion they greatly added to the wrecks, by diving down and cutting the cables that kept the ships at anchor.”
• with Nero (Nero removed Hydna's statue from Delphi.) “And among the statues that Nero took away from Delphi was this of Hydna.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.