Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.11.3

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Passage 2.11.3: Sanctuary of Demeter Prostasia and Kore in the Pyraea grove.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐκ Σικυῶνος δὲ τὴν κατʼ εὐθὺ ἐς Φλιοῦντα ἐρχομένοις καὶ ἐν ἀριστερᾷ τῆς ὁδοῦ δέκα μάλιστα ἐκτραπεῖσι στάδια, Πυραία καλούμενόν ἐστιν ἄλσος, ἱερὸν δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ Προστασίας Δήμητρος καὶ Κόρης. ἐνταῦθα ἐφʼ αὑτῶν οἱ ἄνδρες ἑορτὴν ἄγουσι, τὸν δὲ Νυμφῶνα καλούμενον ταῖς γυναιξὶν ἑορτάζειν παρείκασι· καὶ ἀγάλματα Διονύσου καὶ Δήμητρος καὶ Κόρης τὰ πρόσωπα φαίνοντα ἐν τῷ Νυμφῶνί ἐστιν. ἡ δὲ ἐς Τιτάνην ὁδὸς σταδίων μέν ἐστιν ἑξήκοντα καὶ ζεύγεσιν ἄβατος διὰ στενότητα·

English Translation

Going directly from Sikyon toward Phlius, if one turns off about ten stades to the left of the road, there is a grove called Pyraea, and within it a sanctuary dedicated to Demeter Prostasia ("the Protector") and Kore. Here the men alone hold a festival for themselves, while they entrust to the women the celebration called the Nymphon. In the Nymphon, there are statues of Dionysus, Demeter, and Kore, whose faces alone are visible. The road to Titane is sixty stades long and is impassable by chariots due to its narrowness.

Proper Nouns

Demeter (Δήμητρα) deity
Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Kore (Κόρη) deity
Prostasia Demeter (Προστασία Δήμητρα) deity
Nymphaeum (Νυμφών) place
Pyraia (Πυραία) place Q108423464
Sicyon (Σικυών) place Q368628 Pleiades
Titanē (Τιτάνη) place Q59637009
Phlius (Φλιοῦς) place Q1412043
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