Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.31.4

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Passage 1.31.4: Altars and cults at Phlya, Myrrhinous, and Athmonon

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ταῦτα μὲν δὴ οὕτω λέγεται, Φλυεῦσι δέ εἰσι καὶ Μυρρινουσίοις τοῖς μὲν Ἀπόλλωνος Διονυσοδότου καὶ Ἀρτέμιδος Σελασφόρου βωμοὶ Διονύσου τε Ἀνθίου καὶ νυμφῶν Ἰσμηνίδων καὶ Γῆς, ἣν Μεγάλην θεὸν ὀνομάζουσι· ναὸς δὲ ἕτερος ἔχει βωμοὺς Δήμητρος Ἀνησιδώρας καὶ Διὸς Κτησίου καὶ Τιθρωνῆς Ἀθηνᾶς καὶ Κόρης Πρωτογόνης καὶ Σεμνῶν ὀνομαζομένων θεῶν· τὸ δὲ ἐν Μυρρινοῦντι ξόανόν ἐστι Κολαινίδος. Ἀθμονεῖς δὲ τιμῶσιν Ἀμαρυσίαν Ἄρτεμιν·

English Translation

Such then are the accounts thus related. Among the Phlyans there are altars dedicated to Apollo Dionysodotes and Artemis Selasphoros, and to Dionysus Anthios, and to the Ismenian Nymphs, and to Earth, whom they call the Great Goddess. Another temple contains altars of Demeter Anesidora, Zeus Ktesios, Athena Tithrone, Kore Protogene, and the goddesses known as the Semnai. At Myrrhinous there is a wooden cult-statue of Kolainis. The Athmonians worship Artemis Amarysia.

Proper Nouns

Ge (Earth) (Γῆ) deity Q93172
Demeter (Δήμητρα) deity Q40730
Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity Q41680
Zeus (Ζεύς) deity Q34201
Kore (Κόρη) deity Q45967
Great (as in 'Great Goddess') (Μεγάλη) deity
Semnai (Σεμναί) deity
Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity Q37122
Amarysia (Ἀμαρυσία) deity
Also in: 1.31.5
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity Q37340
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity Q39503
Ismenides (Ἰσμηνίδες) deity
Dionysodotos (Διονυσόδοτος) other Q107349752
Kolainis (Κολαινίς) other Q137026496
Ktesios (Κτήσιος) other Q59070137
Protogone (Πρωτογόνη) other Q107349753
Selasphoros (Σελασφόρος) other Q107349754
Anesidora (Ἀνησιδώρα) other Q107349749
Anthios (Ἀνθίος) other Q107349751
Myrrinousians (Μυρρινούσιοι) person
Also in: 1.31.5
Athmoneis (Ἀθμονεῖς) person
Also in: 1.31.5
Myrinous (Μυρρινοῦς) place Q1431270
Tithrone (Τιθρωνή) place Q107349755
Phlya (Φλυεῖς) place Q13424335
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