Pausanias Analysis - Current Sentence Tags 2.37

Chapter 2.37

Passage	Sentence	Bucket	Confidence	Greek	English	Rationale
2.37.1	1	other	high	ἀπὸ δὴ τοῦ ὄρους τούτου τὸ ἄλσος ἀρχόμενον πλατάνων τὸ πολὺ ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν καθήκει.	Beginning from this mountain, the grove extends, chiefly made up of plane trees, all the way down to the sea.	Purely geographical description of the grove extending from the mountain to the sea.
2.37.1	2	mythic	high	ὅροι δὲ αὐτοῦ τῇ μὲν ποταμὸς ὁ Ποντῖνος, τῇ δὲ ἕτερος ποταμός· Ἀμυμώνη δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς Δαναοῦ θυγατρὸς ὄνομα τῷ ποταμῷ.	Boundaries of the grove are, on one side, the river Pontinos, and on the other side, another river called Amymone, named after Amymone, the daughter of Danaus.	The river is said to be named after Amymone, daughter of Danaus, a mythic figure.
2.37.1	3	other	high	ἐντὸς δὲ τοῦ ἄλσους ἀγάλματα ἔστι μὲν Δήμητρος Προσύμνης, ἔστι δὲ Διονύσου, καὶ Δήμητρος καθήμενον ἄγαλμα οὐ μέγα·	Inside the grove are statues of Demeter Prosymne and Dionysus, as well as a small seated statue of Demeter.	Purely descriptive inventory of statues inside the grove; no event is narrated.
2.37.2	1	other	high	ταῦτα μὲν λίθου πεποιημένα, ἑτέρωθι δʼ ἐν ναῷ Διόνυσος Σαώτης καθήμενον ξόανον καὶ Ἀφροδίτης ἄγαλμα ἐπὶ θαλάσσῃ λίθου·	These statues are of stone, and elsewhere there is, in a temple, a wooden image of Dionysus Saotes seated, and near the sea a stone statue of Aphrodite.	Purely descriptive inventory of cult statues and temple location; no event or mythic/historical claim.
2.37.2	2	mythic	high	ἀναθεῖναι δὲ αὐτὸ τὰς θυγατέρας λέγουσι τὰς Δαναοῦ, Δαναὸν δὲ αὐτὸν τὸ ἱερὸν ἐπὶ Ποντίνῳ ποιῆσαι τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς.	They say that the daughters of Danaus dedicated this image, and that Danaus himself established the sanctuary of Athena by the Pontinos.	Danaus and his daughters are mythic figures; the sentence attributes the sanctuary’s dedication/foundation to them.
2.37.2	3	mythic	high	καταστήσασθαι δὲ τῶν Λερναίων τὴν τελετὴν Φιλάμμωνά φασι.	And they claim that Philammon established the mystic rites of Lerna.	Philammon is a mythic figure, and founding the Lernaean rites is a mythic cult-origin story.
2.37.2	4	other	high	τὰ μὲν οὖν λεγόμενα ἐπὶ τοῖς δρωμένοις δῆλά ἐστιν οὐκ ὄντα ἀρχαῖα·	Regarding the words spoken during the ritual actions, it is clear that they are not ancient.	Antiquarian comment on ritual language, not a mythic or historical event.
2.37.3	1	other	high	ἃ δὲ ἤκουσα ἐπὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ γεγράφθαι τῇ πεποιημένῃ τοῦ ὀρειχάλκου, οὐδὲ ταῦτα ὄντα Φιλάμμωνος Ἀρριφῶν εὗρε, τὸ μὲν ἀνέκαθεν Τρικωνιεὺς τῶν ἐν Αἰτωλίᾳ, τὰ δὲ ἐφʼ ἡμῶν Λυκίων τοῖς μάλιστα ὁμοίως δόκιμος, δεινὸς δὲ ἐξευρεῖν ἃ μή τις πρότερον εἶδε, καὶ δὴ καὶ ταῦτα φωράσας ἐπὶ τῷδε.	But regarding what I have heard was inscribed upon the heart crafted from orichalcum, even these inscriptions were not discovered by Philammon's son, Arriphon.	Antiquarian note about an inscription and its discoverer; no mythic or historical event.
2.37.3	2	other	high	τὰ ἔπη, καὶ ὅσα οὐ μετὰ μέτρου μεμιγμένα ἦν τοῖς ἔπεσι, τὰ πάντα Δωριστὶ ἐπεποίητο·	One was found long ago by a certain Triconian from among the people of Aetolia; the other was found in our generation by a Lycian, particularly esteemed and remarkably skilled at uncovering things that no one previously had seen, indeed who detected these inscriptions in this very manner.	Describes inscriptions and their language/metrical form; this is antiquarian/descriptive, not mythic or historical event.
2.37.3	3	historical	high	πρὶν δὲ Ἡρακλείδας κατελθεῖν ἐς Πελοπόννησον, τὴν αὐτὴν ἠφίεσαν Ἀθηναίοις οἱ Ἀργεῖοι φωνήν·	The verses, and all the prose portions interspersed among them, were composed entirely in the Dorian dialect.	Refers to the Heraclidae’s descent into the Peloponnese, a post-Mycenaean legendary-historical migration event rather than geography.
2.37.3	4	mythic	high	ἐπὶ δὲ Φιλάμμωνος οὐδὲ τὸ ὄνομα τῶν Δωριέων ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν ἐς ἅπαντας ἠκούετο Ἕλληνας.	Now before the Heraclidae descended into the Peloponnesus, the Argives spoke the same dialect as the Athenians.	Refers to the age before the Heraclidae's descent, a mythic time-marker in Greek tradition.
2.37.4	1	other	high	ταῦτα μὲν δὴ ἀπέφαινεν οὕτως ἔχοντα,	These then he described as being so.	A simple report that something was described as being so; no mythic or historical event.
2.37.4	2	mythic	high	τῆς δὲ Ἀμυμώνης πέφυκεν ἐπὶ τῇ πηγῇ πλάτανος· ὑπὸ ταύτῃ τὴν ὕδραν τραφῆναι τῇ πλατάνῳ φασίν.	Beside the spring of Amymone there grows a plane-tree; beneath this plane-tree, they say, the Hydra was nurtured.	The sentence locates the plane-tree at Amymone’s spring and links it to the nurturing of the Hydra, a mythic event affecting the landscape.
2.37.4	3	mythic	high	ἐγὼ δὲ τὸ θηρίον πείθομαι τοῦτο καὶ μεγέθει διενεγκεῖν ὑδρῶν ἄλλων καὶ τὸν ἰὸν οὕτω δή τι ἔχειν ἀνίατον ὡς τὸν Ἡρακλέα ἀπὸ τῆς χολῆς αὐτοῦ τὰς ἀκίδας φαρμακεῦσαι τῶν ὀιστῶν·	For my part, I am convinced that this beast surpassed other water-serpents in size and had venom so deadly that Heracles used its gall to poison the tips of his arrows.	Refers to Heracles and the mythic hydra-like beast; this is mythic material.
2.37.4	4	mythic	high	κεφαλὴν δὲ εἶχεν ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν μίαν καὶ οὐ πλείονας, Πείσανδρος δὲ ὁ Καμιρεύς, ἵνα τὸ θηρίον τε δοκοίη φοβερώτερον καὶ αὐτῷ γίνηται ἡ ποίησις ἀξιόχρεως μᾶλλον, ἀντὶ τούτων τὰς κεφαλὰς ἐποίησε τῇ ὕδρᾳ τὰς πολλάς.	It seems to me that it had only one head, and not several; but Peisander of Camirus, wishing the creature to appear more terrifying and intending thereby to make his poetry more impressive, has given the Hydra many heads instead of one.	Refers to the Hydra and its mythic depiction, even though Pausanias is noting a later poetic embellishment.
2.37.5	1	mythic	high	εἶδον δὲ καὶ πηγὴν Ἀμφιαράου καλουμένην καὶ τὴν Ἀλκυονίαν λίμνην, διʼ ἧς φασιν Ἀργεῖοι Διόνυσον ἐς τὸν Ἅιδην ἐλθεῖν Σεμέλην ἀνάξοντα, τὴν δὲ ταύτῃ κάθοδον δεῖξαί οἱ Πόλυμνον.	I saw also a spring called that of Amphiaraus, and the lake named Alkyonia, through which the Argives say Dionysus descended into Hades to bring back Semele, and that Polymnus showed him this descent.	The sentence reports a mythic descent of Dionysus into Hades to recover Semele and ties the landscape feature to that myth.
2.37.5	2	other	high	τῇ δὲ Ἀλκυονίᾳ πέρας τοῦ βάθους οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδέ τινα οἶδα ἄνθρωπον ἐς τὸ τέρμα αὐτῆς οὐδεμιᾷ μηχανῇ καθικέσθαι δυνηθέντα.	Alkyonia has no known bottom, nor do I know of anyone who by any contrivance whatsoever has succeeded in reaching its extremity.	Describes the depth of a lake and a reported lack of known bottom; this is geographical/descriptive rather than mythic or historical.
2.37.5	3	historical	high	ὅπου καὶ Νέρων σταδίων πολλῶν κάλους ποιησάμενος καὶ συνάψας ἀλλήλοις, ἀπαρτήσας δὲ καὶ μόλυβδον ἀπʼ αὐτῶν καὶ εἰ δή τι χρήσιμον ἄλλο ἐς τὴν πεῖραν, οὐδὲ οὗτος οὐδένα ἐξευρεῖν ἐδυνήθη ὅρον τοῦ βάθους.	Even Nero, after preparing ropes many stadia long, fastening them together, and attaching lead weights to them—as well as other things useful to his experiment—was unable to discover any limit to its depth.	Refers to Nero’s historical experiment and its effect on measuring depth.
2.37.6	1	other	high	καὶ τόδε ἤκουσα ἄλλο· τὸ ὕδωρ τῆς λίμνης ὡς ἰδόντα εἰκάσαι γαληνόν ἐστι καὶ ἠρεμαῖον, παρεχόμενον δὲ ὄψιν τοιαύτην διανήχεσθαι τολμήσαντα πάντα τινὰ καθέλκειν πέφυκε καὶ ἐς βυθὸν ὑπολαβὸν ἀπήνεγκε.	I also heard this other thing: the water of the lake, to one who sees it, appears calm and gentle; but despite this appearance, it is by nature such that anyone daring to swim across is dragged down—it seizes him, carries him below to the depths, and does not release him again.	Describes a lake’s dangerous physical property, a geographic/antiquarian observation rather than a mythic or historical event.
2.37.6	2	other	high	περίοδος δὲ τῆς λίμνης ἐστὶν οὐ πολλή, ἀλλὰ ὅσον τε σταδίου τρίτον· ἐπὶ δὲ τοῖς χείλεσιν αὐτῆς πόα καὶ σχοῖνοι πεφύκασι.	The circuit of the lake is small, about one-third of a stade, and along its banks grass and reeds grow.	Purely geographical and descriptive: it gives the lake's size and vegetation along its banks.
2.37.6	3	other	high	τὰ δὲ ἐς αὐτὴν Διονύσῳ δρώμενα ἐν νυκτὶ κατὰ ἔτος ἕκαστον οὐχ ὅσιον ἐς ἅπαντας ἦν μοι γράψαι.	Concerning the rites performed yearly at night here in honor of Dionysus, it would not have been proper for me to write openly for everyone.	Describes annual nocturnal rites and the author's reluctance to disclose them; this is ritual/religious and descriptive, not a mythic event or historical event.