Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.13.3

← 2.13.2 2.13.4 →

Passage 2.13.3: The sanctuary of Hebe (Ganymeda) on the Phliasian acropolis

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

προσέσται δὲ ἤδη καὶ τῶν ἐς ἐπίδειξιν ἡκόντων τὰ ἀξιολογώτατα. ἔστι γὰρ ἐν τῇ Φλιασίων ἀκροπόλει κυπαρίσσων ἄλσος καὶ ἱερὸν ἁγιώτατον ἐκ παλαιοῦ· τὴν δὲ θεὸν ἧς ἐστι τὸ ἱερὸν οἱ μὲν ἀρχαιότατοι Φλιασίων Γανυμήδαν, οἱ δὲ ὕστερον Ἥβην ὀνομάζουσιν· ἧς καὶ Ὅμηρος μνήμην ἐποιήσατο ἐν τῇ Μενελάου πρὸς Ἀλέξανδρον μονομαχίᾳ φάμενος οἰνοχόον τῶν θεῶν εἶναι, καὶ αὖθις ἐν Ὀδυσσέως ἐς Ἅιδου καθόδῳ γυναῖκα Ἡρακλέους εἶπεν εἶναι. Ὠλῆνι δὲ ἐν Ἥρας ἐστὶν ὕμνῳ πεποιημένα τραφῆναι τὴν Ἥραν ὑπὸ Ὡρῶν, εἶναι δέ οἱ παῖδας Ἄρην τε καὶ Ἥβην.

English Translation

Now I must describe some of those things most worthy of mention among the sights one may come upon. On the acropolis of the Phliasians there is a grove of cypresses and a sanctuary held most sacred from ancient times. Concerning the goddess to whom the sanctuary belongs, the earliest Phliasians name her Ganymeda, but later generations call her Hebe. Homer, too, makes mention of her in the single combat between Menelaus and Alexander, stating that she is the cupbearer of the gods, and again, in the episode of Odysseus's descent to Hades, he says that she is the wife of Heracles. Moreover, in Olen's hymn to Hera, it is said that Hera was nurtured by the Horae, and that she has children Ares and Hebe.

Proper Nouns

Ares (Ἄρης) deity
Hebe (Ἥβη) deity
Hera (Ἥρα) deity
Horae (Ὧραι) deity
Ganymede (Γανυμήδης) person Q1493701
Also in: 5.24.5 5.26.2
Menelaus (Μενέλαος) person
Phliasians (Φλιάσιoι) person
Alexander (Ἀλέξανδρος) person
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person
Odysseus (Ὀδυσσεύς) person
Homer (Ὅμηρος) person
Olên (Ὠλήν) person
Also in: 5.7.8 9.27.2
Hades (Ἅιδης) place Q1521549
← 2.13.2 2.13.4 →