Conon · late 1st century BC
Narrations
ΔιηγήσειςThe fifty Narrations of Conon, a mythographer of the late first century BC, as summarised by Photius in the Bibliotheca (codex 186). Each narration is a short account, in Photius' paraphrase, of a legend about the founding of a city, a cult or a custom, often with a rationalising or unfamiliar twist. The English is a new GreekMythology.com translation of Bekker's text of 1824; the citations in the notes are to Bekker's page and column.
Contents · 7 passages
- 0.1–8.1Midas, Byblis and the Locrians1369 words
- 9.1–18.1Semiramis, Pallene and the heroes1144 words
- 19.1–27.1Linus, Narcissus and the Dorian migrations1666 words
- 28.1–36.1Tenes, Tereus and the Spartan colonists1782 words
- 37.1–43.1Cadmus, Melanthus and Andromeda1817 words
- 44.1–47.2Euangelus, Orpheus, Aeneas and Althaemenes1183 words
- 48.1–ep.1Romulus, Anaphe and Thebe953 words
English translation by GreekMythology.com (2026). Original text: Immanuel Bekker (ed.), Photii Bibliotheca, vol. 1, Berlin: Reimer, 1824 (cod. 186).
Text layer: Greek text: public domain (Bekker, 1824; our OCR correction of the Internet Archive scan bibliothecaexrec00photuoft). English translation © GreekMythology.com.. Introductions, summaries and notes © GreekMythology.com.
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