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
Demeter (Δήμητρα) deity
Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Zeus (Ζεύς) deity
Kore (Κόρη) deity
Great (as in 'Great Goddess') (Μεγάλη) deity
Semnai (Σεμναί) deity
Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Amarysia (Ἀμαρυσία) deity
Also in: 1.31.5
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Ismenides (Ἰσμηνίδες) deity
Dionysodotos (Διονυσόδοτος) other
Kolainis (Κολαινίς) other
Ktesios (Κτήσιος) other
Protogone (Πρωτογόνη) other
Selasphoros (Σελασφόρος) other
Anesidora (Ἀνησιδώρα) other
Anthios (Ἀνθίος) other
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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