Pausanias Analysis - Current Sentence Tags 2.12

Chapter 2.12

Passage	Sentence	Bucket	Confidence	Greek	English	Rationale
2.12.1	1	mythic	high	ἐν δὲ Τιτάνῃ καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς ἱερόν ἐστιν, ἐς ὃ τὴν Κορωνίδα ἀνάγουσιν·	In Titane there is also a sanctuary of Athena, into which they bring Coronis.	Coronis is a mythic figure brought into the sanctuary; the sentence concerns a mythic cult association.
2.12.1	2	mythic	medium	ἐν δὲ αὐτῷ ξόανον Ἀθηνᾶς ἐστιν ἀρχαῖον, κεραυνωθῆναι δὲ καὶ τοῦτο ἐλέγετο·	Within it stands an ancient wooden statue of Athena, which is said to have been struck by lightning.	Lightning-struck sacred object reflects mythic intervention and its effect on the cult image.
2.12.1	3	mythic	medium	ἐκ τούτου τοῦ λόφου καταβᾶσιν---ᾠκοδόμηται γὰρ ἐπὶ λόφῳ τὸ ἱερὸν---βωμός ἐστιν ἀνέμων, ἐφʼ οὗ τοῖς ἀνέμοις ὁ ἱερεὺς μιᾷ νυκτὶ ἀνὰ πᾶν ἔτος θύει.	Descending from this hill (for the sanctuary is built on a hill), there is an altar dedicated to the Winds, on which every year, during one night, the priest sacrifices to the Winds.	An altar to the Winds and annual sacrifice concern divine beings and cultic practice rooted in mythic-religious tradition.
2.12.1	4	mythic	medium	δρᾷ δὲ καὶ ἄλλα ἀπόρρητα ἐς βόθρους τέσσαρας, ἡμερούμενος τῶν πνευμάτων τὸ ἄγριον, καὶ δὴ καὶ Μηδείας ὡς λέγουσιν ἐπῳδὰς ἐπᾴδει.	He also performs other secret rites at four pits, taming the wildness of the winds' spirits; indeed, it is said he recites even the incantations of Medea.	References secret rites and Medea’s incantations, which belong to mythic ritual material.
2.12.2	1	other	high	ἐκ δὲ Τιτάνης ἐς Σικυῶνα ἀφικομένοις καὶ καταβαίνουσιν ἐς θάλασσαν ἐν ἀριστερᾷ τῆς ὁδοῦ ναός ἐστιν Ἥρας οὐκ ἔχων ἔτι οὔτε ἄγαλμα οὔτε ὄροφον·	On the road from Titane to Sicyon, as one heads downhill towards the sea, there is, on the left side of the way, a temple of Hera, now lacking both its statue and its roof.	Purely topographical description of a temple’s location and condition on the road; no mythic or historical event.
2.12.2	2	mythic	high	τὸν δὲ ἀναθέντα Προῖτον εἶναι τὸν Ἄβαντός φασι.	The dedicant of this temple is said to have been Proetus, the son of Abas.	Proetus, son of Abas, is a mythic figure; the sentence identifies a dedicant in mythic genealogy.
2.12.2	3	other	high	καταβᾶσι δὲ ἐς τὸν Σικυωνίων καλούμενον λιμένα καὶ τραπεῖσιν ἐπʼ Ἀριστοναύτας τὸ ἐπίνειον τὸ Πελληνέων, ἔστιν ὀλίγον ὑπὲρ τὴν ὁδὸν ἐν ἀριστερᾷ Ποσειδῶνος ἱερόν·	When one has descended to the harbor of the Sicyonians, as it is called, and turned towards Aristonautae, the harbor of the Pellenians, there stands a shrine of Poseidon a little above the road, on the left.	Purely topographical and descriptive: directions to harbors and the location of a shrine.
2.12.2	4	other	high	προελθοῦσι δὲ κατὰ τὴν λεωφόρον Ἑλισσών τε καλούμενος ποταμὸς καὶ μετʼ αὐτὸν Σύθας ἐστίν, ἐκδιδόντες ἐς θάλασσαν.	Continuing further along the main road, one comes to a river called the Elisson, followed by another called the Sythas, both of which flow into the sea.	Purely geographical route description naming rivers and their mouths.
2.12.3	1	other	high	ἡ δὲ Φλιασία τῆς Σικυωνίων ἐστὶν ὅμορος·	The territory of Phlius borders on that of the Sicyonians.	Purely geographical description of neighboring territories.
2.12.3	2	other	high	καὶ Τιτάνης μὲν τεσσαράκοντα σταδίους ἀπέχει μάλιστα ἡ πόλις, ἐκ Σικυῶνος δὲ ἐς αὐτὴν ὁδός ἐστιν εὐθεῖα.	The city of Titane is situated about forty stades away, and the road from Sicyon to Titane is a direct one.	Purely geographical and route description: distance from the city and the direct road to Titane.
2.12.3	3	other	high	καὶ ὅτι μὲν Ἀρκάσι Φλιάσιοι προσήκουσιν οὐδέν, δηλοῖ τὰ ἐς τὸν Ἀρκάδων κατάλογον τῆς Ὁμήρου ποιήσεως, ὅτι οὐκ εἰσὶν Ἀρκάσι καὶ οὗτοι συγκατειλεγμένοι·	That the Phliasians bear no kinship to the Arcadians is clearly shown by the Catalogue of Arcadians in Homer's poetry, in which they are not included with the Arcadians.	Antiquarian literary evidence from Homer used for ethnographic classification, not a mythic event or post-500 BC historical event.
2.12.3	4	mythic	high	ὡς δὲ Ἀργεῖοί τε ἦσαν ἐξ ἀρχῆς καὶ ὕστερον Δωριεῖς γεγόνασιν Ἡρακλειδῶν κατελθόντων ἐς Πελοπόννησον, φανεῖται προϊόντι ὁμοῦ τῷ λόγῳ.	That originally they were Argives, and afterwards became Dorians when the Heracleidae descended into the Peloponnese, will become clear as my account proceeds.	Refers to the Heracleidae's descent into the Peloponnese, a mythic event explaining ethnic change.
2.12.3	5	other	high	διάφορα δὲ ἐς τοὺς Φλιασίους τὰ πολλὰ εἰδὼς εἰρημένα, τοῖς μάλιστα αὐτῶν ὡμολογημένοις χρήσομαι.	Since I have found many differing statements concerning the Phliasians, I shall chiefly rely on those facts upon which they themselves most agree.	Methodological statement about relying on agreed accounts; no mythic or historical event.
2.12.4	1	mythic	high	ἐν τῇ γῇ ταύτῃ γενέσθαι πρῶτον Ἄραντά φασιν ἄνδρα αὐτόχθονα·	In this land, they say, there first appeared Aras, an autochthonous man.	An autochthonous first man is a mythic origin figure tied to the land.
2.12.4	2	mythic	high	καὶ πόλιν τε ᾤκισε περὶ τὸν βουνὸν τοῦτον, ὃς Ἀραντῖνος ἔτι καλεῖται καὶ ἐς ἡμᾶς, οὐ πολὺ ἑτέρου λόφου διεστηκώς, ἐφʼ οὗ Φλιασίοις ἥ τε ἀκρόπολις καὶ τῆς Ἥβης ἐστὶ τὸ ἱερόν.	He founded a city around this hill, which even now is called Arantinus, not far distant from another hill, upon which stands the Phliasian acropolis and the sanctuary of Hebe.	Describes the founding of a city, a legendary/heroic act tied to mythic settlement rather than historical chronology.
2.12.4	3	mythic	high	ἐνταῦθά τε δὴ πόλιν ᾤκισε καὶ ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ τὸ ἀρχαῖον ἡ γῆ καὶ ἡ πόλις Ἀραντία ἐκλήθησαν.	Here indeed he founded a city, and consequently the land and city were originally named Arantia after him.	A city is founded by a named founder and the land/city receive an eponymous ancient name; this is etiological mythic landscape narration.
2.12.4	4	mythic	high	τούτῳ βασιλεύοντι Ἀσωπὸς Κηλούσης εἶναι λεγόμενος καὶ Ποσειδῶνος ἐξεῦρε τοῦ ποταμοῦ τὸ ὕδωρ, ὅντινα οἱ νῦν ἀπὸ τοῦ εὑρόντος καλοῦσιν Ἀσωπόν.	In his reign, Asopus—said to be the son of Celusa and Poseidon—discovered the water of the river, and from its discoverer the river is now called Asopus.	Asopus’ divine parentage and discovery of the river’s water are mythic aetiological elements explaining the river name.
2.12.4	5	mythic	medium	τὸ δὲ μνῆμα τοῦ Ἄραντός ἐστιν ἐν χωρίῳ Κελεαῖς, ἔνθα δὴ καὶ Δυσαύλην ἄνδρα Ἐλευσίνιον τεθάφθαι λέγουσιν.	The tomb of Aras is located at a place called Celeae, where they also report that Dysaules, a man from Eleusis, is buried.	Burial of Aras and Dysaules is tied to mythic/legendary figures and their tombs.
2.12.5	1	mythic	high	Ἄραντος δὲ υἱὸς Ἄορις καὶ θυγάτηρ ἐγένετο Ἀραιθυρέα.	Aras had a son named Aoris and a daughter named Araithyrea.	Genealogical statement about named figures in a mythic family line.
2.12.5	2	mythic	high	τούτους φασὶ Φλιάσιοι θηρᾶσαί τε ἐμπείρους γενέσθαι καὶ τὰ ἐς πόλεμον ἀνδρείους.	The Phliasians say these children became skilled hunters and courageous in warfare.	Refers to children becoming skilled hunters and warlike, a legendary/mythic account of their qualities.
2.12.5	3	mythic	high	προαποθανούσης δὲ Ἀραιθυρέας Ἄορις ἐς μνήμην τῆς ἀδελφῆς μετωνόμασεν Ἀραιθυρέαν τὴν χώραν.	When Araithyrea died before her brother, Aoris renamed the land Araithyrea in memory of his sister.	Explains a place-name origin tied to a legendary figure and family memory, not a post-500 BC historical event.
2.12.5	4	other	high	καὶ ἐπὶ τῷδε Ὅμηρος τοὺς Ἀγαμέμνονος ὑπηκόους καταλέγων τὸ ἔπος ἐποίησεν Ὀρνειάς τʼ ἐνέμοντο Ἀραιθυρέην τʼ ἐρατεινήν. Hom. Il. 2.571	It was due to this that Homer, listing the subjects of Agamemnon, composed the verse, "They inhabited Orneae and lovely Araithyrea." (Hom. Il. 2.571).	A literary citation explaining Homer’s verse and naming places; this is antiquarian/geographical rather than mythic or historical.
2.12.5	5	mythic	high	τάφους δὲ τῶν Ἄραντος παίδων οὐχ ἑτέρωθι ἡγοῦμαι τῆς χώρας, ἐπὶ τῷ λόφῳ δὲ εἶναι τῷ Ἀραντίνῳ·	The tombs of the children of Aras, I think, are not situated elsewhere in the country, but on the hill called Arantinus.	The tombs of Aras’s children are a mythic landscape feature tied to heroic legend.
2.12.5	6	other	high	καί σφισιν ἐπίθημα στῆλαι περιφανεῖς εἰσι, καὶ πρὸ τῆς τελετῆς ἣν τῇ Δήμητρι ἄγουσιν Ἄραντα καὶ τοὺς παῖδας καλοῦσιν ἐπὶ τὰς σπονδὰς ἐς ταῦτα βλέποντες τὰ μνήματα.	Conspicuous gravestones stand there as monuments upon them, and before performing the initiatory rite that they celebrate in honor of Demeter, they summon Aras and his children during the libations while gazing upon these memorials.	Describes gravestones and local ritual practice, not a mythic or post-500 BC historical event.
2.12.6	1	mythic	high	Φλίαντα δέ, ὃς τρίτον τοῦτο ἐποίησεν ὄνομα ἀφʼ αὑτοῦ τῇ γῇ, Κείσου μὲν παῖδα εἶναι τοῦ Τημένου κατὰ δὴ τὸν Ἀργείων λόγον οὐδὲ ἀρχὴν ἔγωγε προσίεμαι, Διονύσου δὲ οἶδα καλούμενον καὶ τῶν πλευσάντων ἐπὶ τῆς Ἀργοῦς καὶ τοῦτον γενέσθαι λεγόμενον.	As for Phlias, who thirdly gave his own name to this land, I, for my part, do not in the first place accept at all the Argive account that he was the son of Ceisus son of Temenus; rather, I know that he was called a son of Dionysus and was himself counted among those who sailed on the Argo.	Phlias is identified as a son of Dionysus and an Argonaut, both mythic traditions.
2.12.6	2	mythic	high	ὁμολογεῖ δέ μοι καὶ τοῦ Ῥοδίου ποιητοῦ τὰ ἔπη· Φλίας αὖτʼ ἐπὶ τοῖσιν Ἀραιθυρέηθεν ἵκανεν, ἔνθʼ ἀφνειὸς ἔναιε Διωνύσοιο ἕκητι πατρὸς ἑοῦ, πηγῇσιν ἐφέστιος Ἀσωποῖο.	In agreement with me are the verses of the poet of Rhodes: “Next came Phlias from Araethyrea, where he dwelt in wealth by the grace of his father Dionysus, beside the springs of Asopus.”	The sentence attributes Araethyrea’s wealth to Dionysus, a mythic figure, and reports a mythic poetic account of Phlias's settlement.
2.12.6	3	mythic	high	Apollonius Rhodius Argonautica 1.115-117 τοῦ δὲ Φλίαντος Ἀραιθυρέαν εἶναι μητέρα, ἀλλʼ οὐ Χθονοφύλην· Χθονοφύλην δέ οἱ συνοικῆσαι καὶ Ἀνδροδάμαν γενέσθαι Φλίαντι ἐξ αὐτῆς.	The mother of Phlias, according to Apollonius Rhodius (Argonautica 1.115–117), was Araethyrea and not Chthonophyle; but Chthonophyle was his wife and bore him a son, Androdamas.	Genealogical myth about Phlias and his family, citing an epic source.