Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.31.6

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Passage 1.31.6: Acharnai's cults: Apollo Agyieus, Heracles, Athena Hygieia (Hippia), and Dionysus.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἔστι δὲ Ἀχαρναὶ δῆμος· οὗτοι θεῶν Ἀπόλλωνα τιμῶσιν Ἀγυιέα καὶ Ἡρακλέα. καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς βωμός ἐστιν Ὑγείας· τὴν δʼ Ἱππίαν Ἀθηνᾶν ὀνομάζουσι καὶ Διόνυσον Μελπόμενον καὶ Κισσὸν τὸν αὐτὸν θεόν, τὸν κισσὸν τὸ φυτὸν ἐνταῦθα πρῶτον φανῆναι λέγοντες.

English Translation

There is a deme called Acharnai; these people honor among the gods Apollo Agyieus and Heracles. There is also an altar of Athena Hygieia; and they call Athena by the name Hippia, and honor Dionysus with the titles Melpomenos ("the singer") and Kissos ("ivy"), asserting that the ivy plant first appeared there.

Proper Nouns

Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Kissos (Κίσσος) deity
Melpomenos (Μελπόμενος) deity
Also in: 1.2.5
Agyieus (Ἀγυιεύς) deity
Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Hippia Athena (Ἱππία Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Hygeia (Ὑγεία) deity
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person
Acharnae (Ἀχαρναί) place Q576319
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