Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.32.10

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Passage 10.32.10: Tithorea: a theater, old agora, Athena's grove/temple/statue, and the tombs of Antiope and Phocus

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

γενεᾷ δὲ ἤ με γενέσθαι μιᾷ πρότερον ἐς τὸ χεῖρον ἔτρεψεν ὁ δαίμων τὰ ἐν τῇ Τιθορέᾳ. θεάτρου μὲν δὴ καὶ κατασκευὴ καὶ περίβολός ἐστιν ἀγορᾶς ἀρχαιοτέρας· τὰ δὲ τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει μάλιστα ἐς μνήμην ἥκοντα Ἀθηνᾶς ἐστιν ἄλσος καὶ ναός τε καὶ ἄγαλμα· καὶ ἐς μνήμην Ἀντιόπης μνῆμά ἐστι καὶ Φώκου. καί μοι τοῦ λόγου τὰ ἔχοντα ἐς Θηβαίους ἐδήλωσε μὲν ὡς ἡ Ἀντιόπη διʼ ὀργὴν ἐκ Διονύσου μανείη, καὶ κατὰ αἰτίαν ἥντινα ἐπεσπάσατο ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ τὸ μήνιμα, ἐδήλωσε δὲ καὶ ὡς ἐρασθέντι Φώκῳ

English Translation

Yet fate turned to worse the circumstances of Tithorea just one generation before my time. The theater is indeed preserved, as well as the enclosure of an older market-place. Among those things within the city most worthy of remembrance are the grove, temple, and statue of Athena; there are also the tombs of Antiope and Phocus. An informant explained to me a tradition relating to the Thebans, how Antiope had been driven mad through the anger of Dionysus, including the cause by which she drew upon herself the wrath of the god. He related also how Phocus fell in love with her.

Proper Nouns

Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Phokos (Φώκος) person
Antiope (Ἀντιόπη) person
Thebes (Θῆβαι) place Q11225429
Tithorea (Τιθορέα) place Q56697763
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