Corybas

Also known as: Satrapes · Role: mythological figure · First appears: Book 6 · Chapter 25

Life events

• Poseidon’s statue was moved from Samicum to Elis and became more honored there under the name Satrapes.(Book 6 · Chapter 25 · 📍 Elis)
  • With: Poseidon
  • “And it was honoured even still more when removed to Elis, and they give it the name of Satrapes and not Poseidon, having learnt this name from their neighbours at Patræ. And Satrapes is the surname of Corybas.”

Book 6 · Chapter 25

• with Poseidon (The statue associated with Poseidon is called Satrapes, which is the surname of Corybas.) “This statue is said to be of Poseidon, and was worshipped of old at Samicum in Triphylia. And it was honoured even still more when removed to Elis, and they give it the name of Satrapes and not Poseidon, having learnt this name from their neighbours at Patræ. And Satrapes is the surname of Corybas.”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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