Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.40.6

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Passage 1.40.6: Acropolis of Car with temples of Dionysus, Aphrodite, Zeus and Asclepius

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

μετὰ δὲ τοῦ Διὸς τὸ τέμενος ἐς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν ἀνελθοῦσι καλουμένην ἀπὸ Καρὸς τοῦ Φορωνέως καὶ ἐς ἡμᾶς ἔτι Καρίαν, ἔστι μὲν Διονύσου ναὸς Νυκτελίου, πεποίηται δὲ Ἀφροδίτης Ἐπιστροφίας ἱερὸν καὶ Νυκτὸς καλούμενόν ἐστι μαντεῖον καὶ Διὸς Κονίου ναὸς οὐκ ἔχων ὄροφον. τοῦ δὲ Ἀσκληπιοῦ τὸ ἄγαλμα Βρύαξις καὶ αὐτὸ καὶ τὴν Ὑγείαν ἐποίησεν. ἐνταῦθα καὶ τῆς Δήμητρος τὸ καλούμενον μέγαρον· ποιῆσαι δὲ αὐτὸ βασιλεύοντα Κᾶρα ἔλεγον.

English Translation

After the precinct of Zeus, on ascending to the acropolis which from Car, the son of Phoroneus, is called Caria even to our day, there is a temple of Dionysus Nyctelius. There is also a sanctuary of Aphrodite Epistrophia, an oracle called the Oracle of Night, and a temple of Zeus Conius which has no roof. The statue of Asclepius and that of Hygieia there were both made by Bryaxis. Here also is the building called the Megaron of Demeter; it is said that Car built it when he ruled as king.

Proper Nouns

Demeter (Δήμητρα) deity
Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Zeus (Ζεύς) deity
Zeus Konios (Ζεύς Κόνιος) deity
Nyktelios (Νυκτέλιος) deity
Nyx (Νύξ) deity
Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός) deity
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Epistrophia (Ἐπιστροφή) deity
Hygeia (Ὑγεία) deity
Bryaxis (Βρύαξις) person Q122196
Car (Κάρ) person
Also in: 1.23.5 1.39.5
Phoroneus (Φορωνεύς) person
Caria (Καρία) place Q193214
Acropolis (ἀκρόπολις) place Q131013
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