Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.34.7

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Passage 10.34.7: Sanctuary of Athena Kranaia on a hill near Elateia.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἐλατείας δὲ ὅσον σταδίους εἴκοσιν ἀφέστηκεν Ἀθηνᾶς ἐπίκλησιν Κραναίας ἱερόν· ἡ δὲ ὁδὸς ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον ἀναντεστέρα ὡς ἀνιᾶν τὸ μηδὲν καὶ λεληθέναι μᾶλλον αὐτῆς τὸ ἄναντες. λόφος δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ τῷ πέρατι τὰ πλείω μὲν ἀπότομος, οὐ μέντοι ἄγαν ἢ μεγέθους ἔχων ἐστὶν ἢ ὕψους· ἐπὶ τούτῳ τῷ λόφῳ τὸ ἱερὸν πεποίηται, καὶ στοαί τέ εἰσι καὶ οἰκήσεις διὰ τῶν στοῶν, ἔνθα οἰκοῦσιν οἷς τὴν θεὸν θεραπεύειν καθέστηκε, καὶ ἄλλοις καὶ μάλιστα τῷ ἱερωμένῳ.

English Translation

About twenty stades distant from Elateia stands a sanctuary of Athena, surnamed Kranaia. The road leading there has such a gentle slope upward that one hardly notices, the incline being practically imperceptible. At the end of the road lies a hill, steep for the most part, yet neither very imposing in size nor particularly high. The sanctuary has been built on this hill; it includes porches and rooms behind these colonnades, in which dwell those appointed to serve the goddess, especially the priest and the other attendants.

Proper Nouns

Kranaia (Κραναία) deity
Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Elateia (Ἐλάτεια) place Q1235347
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