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Pylian people

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Canonical name
Pylian people
Disambiguator
None
Kind
Character
Scope
Collective
Editorial note
No editorial note published.

Aliases

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Pylians

Alternative name · Direct

Location presence

Phase 6 currently covers 24 processed books.

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sea shore at Pylos1 observation
·Direct

The Pylian people were gathered on the sea shore at Pylos.

See evidence text
“But as the sun was rising from the fair sea {24} into the firmament of heaven to shed light on mortals and immortals, they reached Pylos the city of Neleus. Now the people of Pylos were gathered on the sea shore to offer sacrifice of black bulls to Neptune lord of the Earthquake. There were nine guilds with five hundred men in each, and there were nine bulls to each guild. As they were eating the inward meats {25} and burning the thigh bones [on the embers] in the name of Neptune, Telemachus and his crew arrived, furled their sails, brought their ship to anchor, and went ashore.”

Claims

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·Direct

The Pylian people gather on the seashore to sacrifice black bulls to Neptune, eat the inward meats, and burn thigh bones.

See evidence text
“the people of Pylos were gathered on the sea shore to offer sacrifice of black bulls to Neptune lord of the Earthquake. There were nine guilds with five hundred men in each, and there were nine bulls to each guild. As they were eating the inward meats {25} and burning the thigh bones [on the embers] in the name of Neptune”
·Reported

Minerva prays that the Pylian people receive a handsome return for their goodly hecatomb.

See evidence text
“make the rest of the Pylian people some handsome return for the goodly hecatomb they are offering you”

Additional evidence

Evidence records not already represented by a claim.

2
·Direct
“the people of Pylos were gathered on the sea shore”
·Direct
“the city of the Pylians”

Passage preview

Book 3 · Passage 1

But as the sun was rising from the fair sea {24} into the firmament of heaven to shed light on mortals and immortals, they reached Pylos the city of Neleus. Now the people of Pylos were gathered on the sea shore to offer sacrifice of black bulls to Neptune lord of the Earthquake. There were nine guilds with five hundred men in each, and there were nine bulls to each guild. As they were eating the inward meats {25} and burning the thigh bones [on the embers] in the name of Neptune, Telemachus and his crew arrived, furled their sails, brought their ship to anchor, and went ashore.