Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.11.2

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Passage 2.11.2: Sanctuary of Demeter set up by Plemnaios.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

καταβαίνουσι δὲ ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πεδίον, ἱερόν ἐστιν ἐνταῦθα Δήμητρος· ἱδρῦσαι δέ φασιν αὐτὸ Πλημναῖον ἀποδιδόντα χάριν τῇ θεῷ τοῦ παιδὸς τῆς τροφῆς. τοῦ δὲ ἱεροῦ τῆς Ἥρας, ἣν ἱδρύσατο Ἄδραστος, ὀλίγον ἀπωτέρω Καρνείου ναός ἐστιν Ἀπόλλωνος· κίονες δὲ ἑστήκασιν ἐν αὐτῷ μόνοι, τοίχους δὲ οὐκέτι οὐδὲ ὄροφον οὔτε ἐνταῦθα εὑρήσεις οὔτε ἐν τῷ τῆς Προδρομίας Ἥρας. τοῦτον γὰρ δὴ Φάλκης ἱδρύσατο ὁ Τημένου, τῆς ὁδοῦ οἱ τῆς ἐς Σικυῶνα Ἥραν φάμενος ὁδηγὸν γενέσθαι.

English Translation

As you descend towards the plain, there is here a sanctuary of Demeter. They say that Plemnaios set it up, giving thanks to the goddess for nurturing his child. A little further from the sanctuary of Hera, which Adrastos founded, is the temple of Apollo Karneios. Only columns remain standing inside it; you will find neither walls nor roof, nor indeed will you find them in the temple of Hera Prodromia. For this temple was established by Phalkes, the son of Temenos, who said that the goddess guided him along the route to Sicyon.

Proper Nouns

Demeter (Δήμητρα) deity
Carneius (Κάρνειος) deity
Prodromia Hera (Προδρομία Ἥρα) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Hera (Ἥρα) deity
Plemnaios (Πλημναῖος) person
Also in: 2.5.8
Temenos (Τήμενος) person
Phalces (Φάλκης) person
Also in: 2.28.3 2.28.5
Adrastus (Ἄδραστος) person
Sicyon (Σικυών) place Q368628 Pleiades
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