Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.33.4

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Passage 10.33.4: Lilaea: theater, marketplace, baths, temples of Apollo and Artemis, named for a Naiad.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἔστι δὲ ἐν Λιλαίᾳ θέατρον καὶ ἀγορά τε καὶ λουτρά· ἔστι δὲ καὶ θεῶν ἱερὰ Ἀπόλλωνος, τὸ δὲ Ἀρτέμιδος· ἀγάλματα δὲ ὀρθὰ ἐργασίας τε τῆς Ἀττικῆς καὶ τῆς Πεντελῆσι λιθοτομίας. Λίλαιαν δὲ τῶν καλουμένων Ναΐδων καὶ θυγατέρα εἶναι τοῦ Κηφισοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς νύμφης τὸ ὄνομα τεθῆναι τῇ πόλει φασί.

English Translation

In Lilaea there are a theater, a marketplace, and baths; there are also sanctuaries of the gods, one of Apollo and one of Artemis. Upright statues are set up there, made in Attic style from Pentelic marble. They say that Lilaea was one of those called Naiads, a daughter of Cephisus, and that the city received its name from this nymph.

Proper Nouns

Kephisos (Κηφισός) deity
Also in: 1.34.3 10.4.7
Naiad (Ναΐς) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Artemis (Ἀρτέμις) deity
Lilaia (Λίλαια) person
Lilaia (Λίλαια) place Q1267602
Penteli (Πεντελη) place Q1125206
Attica (Ἀττική) place Q122443
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