Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.38.9

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Passage 10.38.9: Oiantheia: sanctuary of Aphrodite and nearby grove with Artemis temple.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

οὗτοι μὲν δὴ ὑπεροικοῦσιν Ἀμφίσσης· ἐπὶ θαλάσσης δὲ Οἰάνθεια καὶ ταύτῃ ὁμοροῦσά ἐστι Ναύπακτος. πλὴν δὲ Ἀμφίσσης ὑπʼ Ἀχαιῶν οἱ ἄλλοι Πατρέων ἄρχονται, βασιλέως σφίσι δόντος Αὐγούστου. ἐν Οἰανθείᾳ δὲ Ἀφροδίτης τε ἱερὸν καὶ ὀλίγον ὑπὲρ τὴν πόλιν κυπαρίσσου τε ἀναμὶξ καὶ τῆς πίτυός ἐστιν ἄλσος καὶ ναός τε Ἀρτέμιδος καὶ ἄγαλμα ἐν τῷ ἄλσει· γραφαὶ δὲ ἐπὶ τῶν τοίχων ἐξίτηλοί τε ἦσαν ὑπὸ τοῦ χρόνου καὶ οὐδὲν ἔτι ἐλείπετο ἐς θέαν αὐτῶν.

English Translation

These then are the peoples living beyond Amphissa. On the coast lies Oiantheia, and bordering upon it is Naupaktos. Except for Amphissa, the remaining cities were placed under the authority of the people of Patrae by Augustus, who gave them a governor. In Oiantheia there is a sanctuary of Aphrodite, and a little way above the city is a grove of cypress trees intermingled with pines, as well as a temple and statue of Artemis within the grove. The paintings on the walls had been effaced by time, and nothing of them remained now to be seen.

Proper Nouns

Artemis (Ἀρτέμις) deity
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Augustus (Αὔγουστος) person Q1405
Patraeans (Πάτραι) person
Achaeans (Ἀχαιοί) person
Naupactus (Ναύπακτος) place Q56398924
Oiantheia (Οἰάνθεια) place Q5850148
Amphissa (Ἀμφίσσα) place Q470481 Pleiades
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