Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.35.6

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Passage 10.35.6: Hadrian's stoa at the city's ruined marketplace

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἅτε δὲ καὶ βασιλέως Ξέρξου καταπρήσαντος τὴν πόλιν καὶ αὖθις Φιλίππου κατασκάψαντος, ὅμως τὰ ὑπολειπόμενα ἦν ἀγορᾶς τε ἀρχαίας κατασκευὴ καὶ βουλευτήριον, οἴκημα οὐ μέγα, καὶ θέατρον οὐ πόρρω τῶν πυλῶν. Ἀδριανὸς δὲ βασιλεὺς στοὰν ᾠκοδομήσατο, καὶ ἐπώνυμος ἡ στοὰ τοῦ ἀναθέντος βασιλέως ἐστί. φρέαρ δέ σφισίν ἐστιν ἕν· ἀπὸ τούτου μόνου καὶ πίνουσι καὶ λούονται, ἀπʼ ἄλλου δὲ ἔχουσιν οὐδενὸς πλήν γε δὴ ὥρᾳ χειμῶνος τὸ ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ.

English Translation

Although King Xerxes had burned the city and Philip later destroyed it again, there still remained parts of the ancient marketplace, a council chamber—a small building—and a theatre not far from the gates. The emperor Hadrian constructed a stoa, and this stoa bears the name of the emperor who dedicated it. They have only one well, and from this alone they both drink and bathe, having no other water source, except during winter when the god provides it.

Proper Nouns

god (θεός) deity
Xerxes (Ξέρξης) person
Philip (Φίλιππος) person
Hadrian (Ἀδριανός) person
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