Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.33.12

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Passage 10.33.12: Sanctuary of Demeter Thesmophoros and the Thesmophoria at Drymaia.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἀμφικλείας δὲ ἀπωτέρω σταδίοις πεντεκαίδεκά ἐστι Τιθρώνιον ἐν πεδίῳ κειμένη· παρέχεται δὲ οὐδὲν ἐς μνήμην. ἐκ Τιθρωνίου δὲ εἴκοσιν ἐς Δρυμαίαν στάδιοι· καθʼ ὅ τι δὲ αὕτη ἡ ὁδὸς καὶ ἡ ἐς Δρυμαίαν ἐξ Ἀμφικλείας ἡ εὐθεῖα περὶ τὸν Κηφισὸν συμμίσγουσιν, ἔστιν Ἀπόλλωνος Τιθρωνεῦσιν ἐνταῦθα ἄλσος τε καὶ βωμοί. πεποίηται δὲ καὶ ναός· ἄγαλμα δὲ οὐκ ἔστιν. ἀπέχει δὲ Ἀμφικλείας ἡ Δρυμαία σταδίους ὀγδοήκοντα ἀποτραπέντι ἐς ἀριστερά κατὰ Ἡροδότου τοὺς λόγους, Ναυβολεῖς δὲ τὰ ἀρχαιότερα· καὶ οἰκιστὴν οἱ ἐνταῦθα γενέσθαι σφίσι Φώκου παῖδά φασι τοῦ Αἰακοῦ. Δήμητρος δὲ Θεσμοφόρου Δρυμαίοις ἱερόν ἐστιν ἀρχαῖον, καὶ ἄγαλμα ὀρθὸν λίθου πεποίηται, καὶ αὐτῇ Θεσμοφόρια ἑορτὴν ἄγουσιν ἐπέτειον.

English Translation

Fifteen stades farther from Amphicleia lies Tithronion, situated on a plain, but it offers nothing worthy of mention. From Tithronion it is twenty stades to Drymaia. At the point where this road and the straight road from Amphicleia to Drymaia join near the river Cephisus, there is a grove and altars of Apollo, who is known here as Tithronean. A temple has also been built, but it contains no image. Drymaia lies about eighty stades distant from Amphicleia, if one follows a leftward route. According to Herodotus, the ancient inhabitants of Drymaia were called Nauboleis, and they themselves say that their founder was a son of Aeacus named Phocus. The Drymaians have an ancient sanctuary dedicated to Demeter Thesmophoros, containing an upright statue made of stone. Each year the festival known as Thesmophoria is celebrated there in honor of the goddess.

Proper Nouns

Demeter (Δήμητρα) deity
Thesmophoros (Θεσμοφόρος) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Aeacus (Αἰακός) person
Phocus (Φῶκος) person
Herodotus (Ἡρόδοτος) person
Drymaia (Δρυμαία) place Q11917777
Also in: 10.3.2
Cephisus (Κηφισός) place Q115829088
Nauboleis (Ναυβολεῖς) place
Tithronion (Τιθρώνιον) place Q12885360 Pleiades
Amphikleia (Ἀμφίκλεια) place Q474840 Pleiades
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