Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.22.3

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Passage 1.22.3: Theseus establishes cults of Aphrodite Pandemos, Peitho, Earth Kourotrophos, and Demeter Chloe.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

Ἀφροδίτην δὲ τὴν Πάνδημον, ἐπεί τε Ἀθηναίους Θησεὺς ἐς μίαν ἤγαγεν ἀπὸ τῶν δήμων πόλιν, αὐτήν τε σέβεσθαι καὶ Πειθὼ κατέστησε· τὰ μὲν δὴ παλαιὰ ἀγάλματα οὐκ ἦν ἐπʼ ἐμοῦ, τὰ δὲ ἐπʼ ἐμοῦ τεχνιτῶν ἦν οὐ τῶν ἀφανεστάτων. ἔστι δὲ καὶ Γῆς Κουροτρόφου καὶ Δήμητρος ἱερὸν Χλόης· τὰ δὲ ἐς τὰς ἐπωνυμίας ἔστιν αὐτῶν διδαχθῆναι τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν ἐλθόντα ἐς λόγους.

English Translation

Theseus, after bringing together the Athenians from the demes into one city, established the worship of Aphrodite Pandemos ("of all the people") and of Peitho ("Persuasion"). The ancient statues were no longer in existence in my own time, but the ones existing then were works by artists not the least celebrated. There is also a sanctuary of Earth Kourotrophos ("Nurse of Youth") and of Demeter Chloe ("the Green"). As for the significance of these epithets, one may learn it by entering into conversation with the priests.

Proper Nouns

Ge Kourotrophos (Γῆ Κουροτrophος) deity
Demeter (Δήμητρα) deity
Peitho (Πειθώ) deity
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Pandemos (epithet) (Πάνδημος) other
Chloe (Χλόη) other
Theseus (Θησεύς) person
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
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