Ganyctor

First appears: Book 9 · Chapter 31

Ganyctor’s sons Ctimenus and Antiphus fled from Naupactus to Molycria because of the murder of Hesiod, and were sentenced there for impiety toward Poseidon. The account notes disagreement over whether the accusation that Hesiod had violated their sister was true.

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Book 9 · Chapter 31

• child: Ctimenus “For though it is universally agreed that Ctimenus and Antiphus, the sons of Ganyctor, fled to Molycria from Naupactus because of the murder of Hesiod, and were sentenced there because of their impiety to Poseidon, yet some say that the charge against Hesiod of having violated their sister was not true, others say he was really guilty.”
• child: Antiphus “For though it is universally agreed that Ctimenus and Antiphus, the sons of Ganyctor, fled to Molycria from Naupactus because of the murder of Hesiod, and were sentenced there because of their impiety to Poseidon, yet some say that the charge against Hesiod of having violated their sister was not true, others say he was really guilty.”

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