Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.32.3

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Passage 10.32.3: Steunos cave, sanctuary of the Mother Goddess.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ὅσα μὲν γὰρ ἐπί τε αἰγιαλοῖς καὶ ἀγχιβαθεῖ τῇ θαλάσσῃ, τούτων μὲν οὐδὲ ἀριθμὸν ἄν τις ἐθέλων ἐξεύροι, ὀνομαστότατα δὲ ἔν τε Ἕλλησι καὶ ἐν γῇ τῇ βαρβάρων ἐστί· Φρύγες οἱ ἐπὶ ποταμῷ Πεγκέλᾳ, τὰ δὲ ἄνωθεν ἐξ Ἀρκαδίας καὶ Ἀζάνων ἐς ταύτην ἀφικόμενοι τὴν χώραν, δεικνύουσιν ἄντρον καλούμενον Στεῦνος περιφερές τε καὶ ὕψους ἔχον εὐπρεπῶς· Μητρὸς δέ ἐστιν ἱερόν, καὶ ἄγαλμα Μητρὸς πεποίηται.

English Translation

For those shrines that are situated along shores and near the shallow sea, their number could scarcely be reckoned even by someone willing to do so; yet the most celebrated among both Greeks and barbarian lands is the following: the Phrygians, who dwell by the river Pengela and originally came from Arcadia and the Azanians above into this region, show a cave called Steunos, circular in form and possessing an impressive height. It is sacred to the Mother Goddess, and an image of the Mother has been made there.

Proper Nouns

Mother (Meter) (Μήτηρ) deity
Phrygians (Φρύγες) person
Azanes (Ἀζᾶνες) person
Also in: 8.42.6
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Penkelas (Πεγκελᾶς) place
Steunos (Στεῦνος) place
Also in: 8.4.3
Arcadia (Ἀρκαδία) place Q12898802
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