Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.39.1

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Passage 1.39.1: The Anthion well at Eleusis where Demeter sat disguised after Persephone's abduction.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἑτέρα δὲ ὁδὸς ἐξ Ἐλευσῖνος πρὸς Μέγαρα ἄγει· ταύτην ἐρχομένοις τὴν ὁδὸν φρέαρ ἐστὶν Ἄνθιον καλούμενον. ἐποίησε δὲ Πάμφως ἐπὶ τούτῳ τῷ φρέατι καθῆσθαι Δήμητρα μετὰ τὴν ἁρπαγὴν τῆς παιδὸς γραῒ εἰκασμένην· ἐντεῦθεν δὲ αὐτὴν ἅτε γυναῖκα Ἀργείαν ὑπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων τῶν Κελεοῦ κομισθῆναι παρὰ τὴν μητέρα καί οἱ τὴν Μετάνειραν οὕτω πιστεῦσαι τοῦ παιδὸς τὴν ἀνατροφήν.

English Translation

Another road leads from Eleusis toward Megara. As one follows this road there is a well called Anthion. Pamphos recorded that by this well Demeter sat, after her daughter's abduction, disguised in the form of an old woman. It was from this place, he says, that the daughters of Celeus brought her as though she were an Argive woman to their mother, and thus persuaded Metaneira to entrust to her the rearing of her child.

Proper Nouns

Demeter (Δήμητρα) deity
Argeia (Ἀργεία) other
Celeus (Κελεός) person
Metaneira (Μετάνειρα) person
Also in: 1.39.2
Pamphos (Πάμφως) person
Megara (Μέγαρα) place Q42307600
Anthion (Ἄνθιον) place Q132538038
Eleusis (Ἐλευσῖς) place Q11918833
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