Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.34.3

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Passage 1.34.3: Altar divided into sections honoring various gods, heroes, and nymphs

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

παρέχεται δὲ ὁ βωμὸς μέρη· τὸ μὲν Ἡρακλέους καὶ Διὸς καὶ Ἀπόλλωνός ἐστι Παιῶνος, τὸ δὲ ἥρωσι καὶ ἡρώων ἀνεῖται γυναιξί, τρίτον δὲ Ἑστίας καὶ Ἑρμοῦ καὶ Ἀμφιαράου καὶ τῶν παίδων Ἀμφιλόχου· Ἀλκμαίων δὲ διὰ τὸ ἐς Ἐριφύλην ἔργον οὔτε ἐν Ἀμφιαράου τινά, οὐ μὴν οὐδὲ παρὰ τῷ Ἀμφιλόχῳ τιμὴν ἔχει. τετάρτη δέ ἐστι τοῦ βωμοῦ μοῖρα Ἀφροδίτης καὶ Πανακείας, ἔτι δὲ Ἰασοῦς καὶ Ὑγείας καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς Παιωνίας· πέμπτη δὲ πεποίηται νύμφαις καὶ Πανὶ καὶ ποταμοῖς Ἀχελῴῳ καὶ Κηφισῷ. τῷ δὲ Ἀμφιλόχῳ καὶ παρʼ Ἀθηναίοις ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ πόλει βωμὸς καὶ Κιλικίας ἐν Μαλλῷ μαντεῖον ἀψευδέστατον τῶν ἐπʼ ἐμοῦ.

English Translation

The altar is divided into sections: one portion belongs to Heracles, Zeus, and Apollo Paeon; another is consecrated to heroes and to the wives of heroes; a third portion is for Hestia, Hermes, Amphiaraus, and the children of Amphiaraus. Alcmaeon, however, on account of his deed against Eriphyle, receives no honors either with Amphiaraus himself or with Amphilochus. A fourth part of the altar is dedicated to Aphrodite and Panacea, and also to Iaso, Hygieia and Athena Paeonia. The fifth portion is assigned to the Nymphs, Pan, and the rivers Achelous and Cephisus. Amphilochus, moreover, has an altar among the Athenians in their city, and at Mallus in Cilicia an oracle, which in my day was the most truthful of all.

Proper Nouns

Zeus (Ζεύς) deity
Kephisos (Κηφισός) deity
Also in: 10.4.7 10.33.4
Pan (Πάν) deity
Paeon (Παιών) deity
Panakeia (Πανακεία) deity
Athena Paionia (Ἀθηνᾶ Παιωνία) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Achelous (Ἀχελῷος) deity
Hermes (Ἑρμῆς) deity
Hestia (Ἑστία) deity
Iaso (Ἰασώ) deity
Hygeia (Ὑγεία) deity
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) other
Alcmaeon (Ἀλκμαίων) person
Amphilochus (Ἀμφίλοχος) person
Amphiaraos (Ἀμφιάραος) person
Eriphyle (Ἐριφύλη) person
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person
Cilicia (Κιλικία) place Q620864
Mallus (Μαλλός) place Q1425353
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