Pausanias Analysis - Current Sentence Tags 2.36

Chapter 2.36

Passage	Sentence	Bucket	Confidence	Greek	English	Rationale
2.36.1	1	other	high	κατὰ δὲ τὴν ἐπὶ Μάσητα εὐθεῖαν προελθοῦσιν ἑπτά που σταδίους καὶ ἐς ἀριστερὰν ἐκτραπεῖσιν, ἐς Ἁλίκην ἐστὶν ὁδός.	Going forward by the straight road in the direction of Mases, after about seven stades, and turning aside to the left, there is a road leading to Halike.	Pure route and distance directions to Halike; no mythic or historical event.
2.36.1	2	other	high	ἡ δὲ Ἁλίκη τὰ μὲν ἐφʼ ἡμῶν ἐστιν ἔρημος, ᾠκεῖτο δὲ καὶ αὕτη ποτέ,	In my time Halike is deserted, but it was once inhabited.	A simple geographic/antiquarian note about the present deserted state and former habitation of Halike.
2.36.1	3	other	high	καὶ Ἁλικῶν λόγος ἐν στήλαις ἐστὶ ταῖς Ἐπιδαυρίων αἳ τοῦ Ἀσκληπιοῦ τὰ ἰάματα ἐγγεγραμμένα ἔχουσιν· ἄλλο δὲ σύγγραμμα οὐδὲν οἶδα ἀξιόχρεων, ἔνθα ἢ πόλεως Ἁλίκης ἢ ἀνδρῶν ἐστιν Ἁλικῶν μνήμη.	Mention of Halike occurs on the Epidaurians' stone tablets, which contain inscriptions of the cures effected by Asclepius; this aside, I know of no other writing worthy of consideration that makes reference either to the city Halike or to its inhabitants, the Halikians.	Antiquarian reference to inscriptions and lack of other sources; not a mythic or historical event.
2.36.1	4	mythic	high	ἔστι δʼ οὖν ὁδὸς καὶ ἐς ταύτην, τοῦ τε Πρωνὸς μέση καὶ ὄρους ἑτέρου Θόρνακος καλουμένου τὸ ἀρχαῖον· ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς Διὸς ἐς κόκκυγα τὸν ὄρνιθα ἀλλαγῆς λεγομένης ἐνταῦθα γενέσθαι μετονομασθῆναι τὸ ὄρος φασίν.	Nevertheless, there is also a road to this city, situated between Mount Pron and another mountain originally named Thornax; it is said that this latter mountain received a new name due to the event in which Zeus changed into the bird known as the cuckoo.	The mountain's renaming is caused by Zeus's transformation into a cuckoo, a mythic event affecting the landscape.
2.36.2	1	other	high	ἱερὰ δὲ καὶ ἐς τόδε ἐπὶ ἄκρων τῶν ὀρῶν, ἐπὶ μὲν τῷ Κοκκυγίῳ Διός, ἐν δὲ τῷ Πρωνί ἐστιν Ἥρας·	Sanctuaries even today stand on the summits of the mountains: on Mount Coccygius a sanctuary of Zeus, while at Pron is one of Hera.	Describes the location of sanctuaries on mountain summits; purely topographical/descriptive, not mythic or historical.
2.36.2	2	other	high	καὶ τοῦ γε Κοκκυγίου πρὸς τοῖς πέρασι ναός ἐστι, θύραι δὲ οὐκ ἐφεστήκασιν οὐδὲ ὄροφον εἶχεν οὐδέ οἵ τι ἐνῆν ἄγαλμα·	At the boundary of Coccygius there is also a temple, though it has neither doors nor roof, nor does it contain any statue.	Describes the temple’s location and physical condition, not a mythic or historical event.
2.36.2	3	other	high	εἶναι δὲ ἐλέγετο ὁ ναὸς Ἀπόλλωνος.	This temple was said to be dedicated to Apollo.	A descriptive statement identifying a temple as dedicated to Apollo; not a mythic event or historical event.
2.36.2	4	other	high	παρὰ δὲ αὐτὸν ὁδός ἐστιν ἐπὶ Μάσητα τοῖς ἐκτραπεῖσιν ἐκ τῆς εὐθείας.	Beside it, a path leads to Mases for those turning aside from the straight road.	A route description indicating a path to Mases; purely geographical/topographical.
2.36.2	5	other	high	Μάσητι δὲ οὔσῃ πόλει τὸ ἀρχαῖον, καθὰ καὶ Ὅμηρος ἐν Ἀργείων καταλόγῳ πεποίηκεν, ἐπινείῳ καθʼ ἡμᾶς ἐχρῶντο Ἑρμιονεῖς.	Mases was once a city, as Homer indicates within his Catalogue of the Argives, but in our time the Hermionians used it as their harbor.	Geographical/antiquarian note about Mases as a former city and harbor in Pausanias' own time, not a mythic or post-500 BC historical event.
2.36.3	1	other	high	ἀπὸ Μάσητος δὲ ὁδὸς ἐν δεξιᾷ ἐστιν ἐπὶ ἄκραν καλουμένην Στρουθοῦντα.	From Masetos there is a road on the right leading to a promontory called Strouthous.	Purely geographical route description leading from Masetos to a promontory.
2.36.3	2	other	high	στάδιοι δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς ἄκρας ταύτης κατὰ τῶν ὀρῶν τὰς κορυφὰς πεντήκοντά εἰσι καὶ διακόσιοι ἐς Φιλανόριόν τε καλούμενον καὶ ἐπὶ Βολεούς· οἱ δὲ Βολεοὶ οὗτοι λίθων εἰσὶ σωροὶ λογάδων.	From this promontory it is two hundred and fifty stades, following along the mountain peaks, to a place called Philanorion and to the cairns called Boleoi; these same Boleoi are heaps of gathered stones.	Purely topographical and descriptive: gives distance, route, and identifies cairns as stone heaps.
2.36.3	3	other	high	χωρίον δὲ ἕτερον, ὃ Διδύμους ὀνομάζουσι, στάδια εἴκοσιν αὐτόθεν ἀφέστηκεν· ἐνταῦθα ἔστι μὲν ἱερὸν Ἀπόλλωνος, ἔστι δὲ Ποσειδῶνος, ἐπὶ δὲ αὐτοῖς Δήμητρος, ἀγάλματα δὲ ὀρθὰ λίθου λευκοῦ.	Another place, called Didymoi, lies twenty stades distant from there; here are sanctuaries of Apollo, of Poseidon, and, above these, of Demeter, containing upright statues of white stone.	Purely topographical and descriptive: distance, place-name, and sanctuaries/statues.
2.36.4	1	other	high	τὸ δὲ ἐντεῦθέν ἐστιν Ἀργείων ἥ ποτε Ἀσιναία καλουμένη, καὶ Ἀσίνης ἐστὶν ἐρείπια ἐπὶ θαλάσσῃ.	Next to this lies the place belonging to the Argives which was once called Asinaea, and on the coast are the ruins of Asine.	Topographical description of a place and its ruins; no mythic or historical event is described.
2.36.4	2	historical	high	Λακεδαιμονίων δὲ καὶ τοῦ βασιλέως Νικάνδρου τοῦ Χαρίλλου τοῦ Πολυδέκτου τοῦ Εὐνόμου τοῦ Πρυτάνιδος τοῦ Εὐρυπῶντος ἐς τὴν Ἀργολίδα ἐσβαλόντων στρατιᾷ συνεσέβαλόν σφισιν οἱ Ἀσιναῖοι, καὶ ἐδῄωσαν σὺν ἐκείνοις τῶν Ἀργείων τὴν γῆν.	Now, when the Lacedaemonians, under their king Nicander son of Charillus son of Polydectes son of Eunomus son of Prytanis son of Eurypon, invaded Argolis with an army, the people of Asine joined forces with them, and together they laid waste the land of the Argives.	Describes a military invasion and devastation involving named kings and cities, which is historical rather than mythic.
2.36.4	3	historical	high	ὡς δὲ ὁ στόλος τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων ἀπῆλθεν οἴκαδε, στρατεύουσιν ἐπὶ τὴν Ἀσίνην οἱ Ἀργεῖοι καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς αὐτῶν Ἔρατος.	But when the Lacedaemonian forces had withdrawn homeward, the Argives and their king Eratus marched against Asine.	Refers to a military campaign by the Argives and king Eratus, a post-mythic historical event.
2.36.5	1	historical	high	καὶ χρόνον μέν τινα ἀπὸ τοῦ τείχους ἠμύναντο οἱ Ἀσιναῖοι καὶ ἀποκτείνουσιν ἄλλους τε καὶ Λυσίστρατον ἐν τοῖς δοκιμωτάτοις ὄντα Ἀργείων·	For a time the Asinaeans defended their walls and killed, among others, Lysistratus, one of the most distinguished of the Argives.	Describes a military conflict and a named killing, an historical event.
2.36.5	2	historical	high	ἁλισκομένου δὲ τοῦ τείχους οὗτοι μὲν γυναῖκας ἐς τὰ πλοῖα ἐνθέμενοι καὶ παῖδας ἐκλείπουσι τὴν αὑτῶν, Ἀργεῖοι δὲ ἐς ἔδαφος καταβαλόντες τὴν Ἀσίνην καὶ τὴν γῆν προσορισάμενοι τῇ σφετέρᾳ Πυθαέως τε Ἀπόλλωνος ὑπελίποντο τὸ ἱερὸν---καὶ νῦν ἔτι δῆλόν ἐστι---καὶ τὸν Λυσίστρατον πρὸς αὐτῷ θάπτουσιν.	But when the walls were captured, they embarked their women and children onto ships and abandoned their city.	Describes the capture of a city wall and the inhabitants’ flight, an event in the historical narrative rather than myth.
2.36.6	1	other	high	ἀπέχει δὲ Ἀργείων τῆς πόλεως τεσσαράκοντα καὶ οὐ πλείω στάδια ἡ κατὰ Λέρναν θάλασσα.	The sea at Lerna is distant from the city of the Argives forty stadia and no more.	Purely geographic distance description with no mythic or historical event.
2.36.6	2	other	high	κατιόντων δὲ ἐς Λέρναν πρῶτον μὲν καθʼ ὁδόν ἐστιν ὁ Ἐρασῖνος, ἐκδίδωσι δὲ ἐς τὸν Φρίξον, ὁ Φρίξος δὲ ἐς τὴν θάλασσαν τὴν μεταξὺ Τημενίου καὶ Λέρνης.	As one descends toward Lerna, first along the road is the Erasinus river, which flows into the Phrixus, and the Phrixus then empties into the sea between Temenion and Lerna.	Purely geographical and route description of rivers and their course near Lerna.
2.36.6	3	mythic	high	ἀπὸ δὲ Ἐρασίνου τραπεῖσιν ἐς ἀριστερὰ σταδίους ὅσον ὀκτώ, Διοσκούρων ἱερόν ἐστιν Ἀνάκτων· πεποίηται δέ σφισι κατὰ ταὐτὰ καὶ ἐν τῇ πόλει τὰ ξόανα.	About eight stadia to the left after crossing the Erasinus is a sanctuary of the Dioscuri, named the Anakes; their wooden images here are fashioned exactly like those in the city.	Mentions the Dioscuri and their sanctuary, a mythic cult setting rather than a historical event.
2.36.7	1	other	high	ἀναστρέψας δὲ ἐς τὴν εὐθεῖαν τόν τε Ἐρασῖνον διαβήσῃ καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν Χείμαρρον ποταμὸν ἀφίξῃ.	Turning back to the main road, you cross the Erasinus, and arrive at the river Cheimarron.	Pure route description of crossing rivers and arriving at a place; no mythic or historical event.
2.36.7	2	mythic	high	πλησίον δὲ αὐτοῦ περίβολός ἐστι λίθων, καὶ τὸν Πλούτωνα ἁρπάσαντα ὡς λέγεται Κόρην τὴν Δήμητρος καταβῆναι ταύτῃ φασὶν ἐς τὴν ὑπόγεων νομιζομένην ἀρχήν.	Near it is an enclosure of stones, and here, they say, Pluto descended to the underworld, when he carried off Kore, the daughter of Demeter; this place is considered the entrance to the subterranean realm.	Describes Pluto's descent with Kore, a mythic event and its landscape marker.
2.36.7	3	other	high	ἡ δὲ Λέρνα ἐστίν, ὡς καὶ τὰ πρότερα ἔχει μοι τοῦ λόγου, πρὸς θαλάσσῃ, καὶ τελετὴν Λερναίᾳ ἄγουσιν ἐνταῦθα Δήμητρι.	Lerna, as my previous account stated, lies near the sea, and here they perform the festival Lernaia in honor of Demeter.	Primarily geographical description of Lerna and its festival location, not a mythic narrative or post-500 BC historical event.
2.36.8	1	other	high	ἔστι δὲ ἄλσος ἱερὸν ἀρχόμενον μὲν ἀπὸ ὄρους ὃ καλοῦσι Ποντῖνον, τὸ δὲ ὄρος ὁ Ποντῖνος οὐκ ἐᾷ τὸ ὕδωρ ἀπορρεῖν τὸ ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ, ἀλλὰ ἐς αὑτὸ καταδέχεται·	There is there a sacred grove, beginning from a mountain called Pontinos; this Mount Pontinos does not permit the water from the god to flow away, but takes it into itself.	A geographical/descriptive note about a sacred grove and mountain diverting water, with no specific mythic or post-500 BC historical event.
2.36.8	2	other	high	ῥεῖ δὲ καὶ ποταμὸς ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ Ποντῖνος.	A river called Pontinos also flows from it.	Purely geographic description of a river flowing from a place; no mythic or historical event.
2.36.8	3	mythic	high	καὶ ἐπὶ κορυφῇ τοῦ ὄρους ἱερόν τε Ἀθηνᾶς Σαΐτιδος, ἐρείπια ἔτι μόνα, καὶ θεμέλια οἰκίας ἐστὶν Ἱππομέδοντος, ὃς Πολυνείκει τῷ Οἰδίποδος τιμωρήσων ἦλθεν ἐς Θήβας.	On the summit of the mountain are a sanctuary of Athena Saitis—now only ruins remain—and the foundations of the house of Hippomedon, who came to Thebes to give aid to Polyneices, the son of Oedipus.	Refers to Hippomedon and Polyneices, figures from the mythic Seven against Thebes narrative, and the house is identified through that mythic association.