Plut. Mor., Greek Questions 35 — Greek Questions

Plut. Mor., Greek Questions 35 — Greek Questions, Plutarch; served verbatim

Question 35. Why was there a custom amongst the Bottiaean maids, as they danced, to sing, Let us go to Athens?Solution. It is reported that the Cretans (in payment of a vow) sent the firstlings of men to Delphi; but when such as were sent found no plentiful provision there, they departed from thence in search of a plantation, and first sat down at Japygia. From thence they went and possessed that part of Thrace which now they have, Athenians being mixed with them; for it is probable that Minos did not destroy those young men which the Athenians sent in a way of tribute, but only detained them in servitude. Some that were descended from these and were accounted Cretans were sent with others to Delphi; so the Bottiaean daughters, in remembrance of their pedigree, sing on their feast-days, Let us go to Athens.

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Filed here — the addresses this episode attests; counted by the house’s first pass

Minos — a life

Greek Questions, Plutarch — translated by Isaac Chauncy (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874
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