Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.32.12

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Passage 10.32.12: The temple of Asclepius Archagetas near Tithorea.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

σταδίοις δὲ ἀπωτέρω Τιθορέας ἑβδομήκοντα ναός ἐστιν Ἀσκληπιοῦ, καλεῖται δὲ Ἀρχαγέτας· τιμὰς δὲ παρὰ αὐτῶν ἔχει Τιθορέων καὶ ἐπʼ ἴσης παρὰ Φωκέων τῶν ἄλλων. ἐντὸς μὲν δὴ τοῦ περιβόλου τοῖς τε ἱκέταις καὶ ὅσοι τοῦ θεοῦ δοῦλοι, τούτοις μὲν ἐνταῦθά εἰσι καὶ οἰκήσεις· ἐν μέσῳ δὲ ὅ τε ναὸς καὶ ἄγαλμα λίθου πεποιημένον, γένεια ἔχον μέγεθος καὶ ὑπὲρ δύο πόδας· κλίνη δὲ ἐν δεξιᾷ κεῖται τοῦ ἀγάλματος, θύειν δὲ αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα ὁμοίως νομίζουσι πλὴν αἰγῶν.

English Translation

Seventy stades distant from Tithorea there is a temple of Asclepius, called Archagetas ("The Founder"); the people of Tithorea pay honors to him, as do the rest of the Phocians equally. Inside the enclosure, there are residences both for suppliants and for those who serve the god. In the center stands the temple and a statue made of stone, with a beard measuring more than two feet in length. On the right of the statue is placed a couch. They customarily sacrifice all animals equally to him, except goats.

Proper Nouns

Archagetas (Ἀρχαγέτης) deity
Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός) deity
Phocians (Φωκεῖς) other
Tithorea (Τιθορέα) place Q56697763
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