Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.36.5

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Passage 10.36.5: Sanctuary of Artemis Dictynna near Anticyra.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

τραπέντι δὲ ἐπὶ Ἀντίκυραν ἀνάντης τὰ πρῶτά ἐστιν ὁδός· ἀναβάντι δὲ ὅσον δύο στάδια ὁμαλές τε χωρίον καὶ ἐν δεξιᾷ τῆς ὁδοῦ Δικτυνναίας ἐπίκλησιν ἱερόν ἐστιν Ἀρτέμιδος. ταύτην οἱ Ἀμβροσσεῖς ἄγουσι μάλιστα ἐν τιμῇ· τῷ δὲ ἀγάλματι ἐργασία τέ ἐστιν Αἰγιναία καὶ μέλανος τοῦ λίθου πεποίηται. τὸ δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱεροῦ τῆς Δικτυνναίας κατάντης ὁδὸς ἐς Ἀντίκυραν πᾶσά ἐστι. τὰ δὲ ἀρχαιότερα ὄνομα εἶναι Κυπάρισσον τῇ πόλει φασί, καὶ Ὅμηρον ἐν Φωκέων καταλόγῳ τὸ ὄνομα θελῆσαι θέσθαι γε αὐτόν, ὅτι ἤδη τηνικαῦτα ἐκαλεῖτο Ἀντίκυρα· εἶναι γὰρ δὴ τὸν Ἀντικυρέα κατὰ Ἡρακλέα ἡλικίαν.

English Translation

Turning towards Anticyra, the road at first leads uphill. After ascending about two stades, you find level ground, and on the right side of the road is a sanctuary of Artemis, surnamed Dictynna. The Ambrossians hold this goddess in the highest honor. The statue is of Aeginetan workmanship and is made of black stone. From the sanctuary of Artemis Dictynna, the road leads entirely downhill into Anticyra. They say that the city's more ancient name was Cyparissus; Homer himself, they say, wished to use this name in the Catalogue of the Phocians, although by his time it was already called Anticyra, for Anticyreus lived in the age of Heracles.

Proper Nouns

Dictynnaia (Δικτυνναία) deity
Artemis (Ἀρτέμις) deity
Phocians (Φωκεῖς) person
Ambrosseis (Ἀμβροσσεῖς) person
Anticyrean (Ἀντικυρεύς) person
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person
Homer (Ὅμηρος) person
Aeginaean (Αἰγιναία) place Q21547938
Kyparissos (Κυπάρισσος) place Q15652396
Antikyra (Ἀντίκυρα) place Q680099 Pleiades
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