Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.10.7

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Passage 2.10.7: Sanctuary of Artemis Pheraia and Kleinias' gymnasium with statues of Artemis and Heracles.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἀπὸ τούτων δὲ ἀνιοῦσιν ἐς τὸ γυμνάσιον, ἔστιν ἐν δεξιᾷ Φεραίας ἱερὸν Ἀρτέμιδος· κομισθῆναι δὲ τὸ ξόανον λέγουσιν ἐκ Φερῶν. τὸ δέ σφισι γυμνάσιον τοῦτο Κλεινίας ᾠκοδόμησε, καὶ παιδεύουσιν ἐνταῦθα ἔτι τοὺς ἐφήβους. κεῖται δὲ λίθου λευκοῦ καὶ Ἄρτεμις τὰ ἐς ἰξὺν μόνον εἰργασμένη καὶ Ἡρακλῆς τὰ κάτω τοῖς Ἑρμαῖς τοῖς τετραγώνοις εἰκασμένος.

English Translation

When ascending from these places to the gymnasium, on the right is a sanctuary of Artemis called Pheraia; the image, they say, was brought from Pherai. Kleinias built this gymnasium for them, and even now they educate their ephebes there. There is also a statue of white stone, Artemis depicted only as far as the waist, and Heracles, whose lower portion resembles the square-shaped Hermae.

Proper Nouns

Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Hermes (Ἑρμῆς) deity
xoanon (cult image) (ξόανον) other
Kleinias (Κλεινίας) person
Also in: 2.7.5 2.8.2
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person
Pherai (Φεραί) place Q1330631
Also in: 1.13.2 2.23.5
Pherae (Φεραία) place Q16566880
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