Hydna of Scione

Scione

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(fl.

Floruit

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 480 BCE), was an ancient Greek swimmer and diver given credit for the destruction of the Persian navy around 480 BCE.

According to Pausanias

Pausanias (geographer)

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 (Description of Greece, 10.19.1.), during a critical battle with the Persians Hydna and her father volunteered to help in the war. Hydna trained by her father, Scyllis of Scione, who, tradition says, dived into the very deepest parts of every sea, had played in ocean since infancy. As an expert swimmer, he taught his daughter Hydna to dive well into the deepest parts of the sea. When the fleet of erxest were crippled. And so battle was avoided for the time being.

In gratitude for the heroism shown by Hydna and her Father, the Amphictyons

Amphictyonic League

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 dedicated statues to them at Delphi

Delphi

Delphi is both an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western spur of Mount Parnassus in the valley of Phocis.In Greek mythology, Delphi was the site of the Delphic oracle, the most important oracle in the classical Greek world, and a major site for the worship of the god...

, the most sacred site of the Greek

Ancient Greece

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 world. Beside the Gorgias

Gorgias

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is a votive offering of the Amphictyons towards father and daughter.