Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.13.5

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Passage 2.13.5: Demeter and Asklepios sanctuaries with ancient statues and nearby theater

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐν δὲ τῇ ἀκροπόλει καὶ ἄλλος περίβολός ἐστιν ἱερὸς Δήμητρος, ἐν δὲ αὐτῷ ναός τε καὶ ἄγαλμα Δήμητρος καὶ τῆς παιδός· τὸ δὲ τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος---ἔστι γὰρ καὶ Ἀρτέμιδος ἐνταῦθα χαλκοῦν ἄγαλμα---ἐφαίνετο ἀρχαῖον εἶναί μοι. κατιόντων δὲ ἐκ τῆς ἀκροπόλεώς ἐστιν Ἀσκληπιοῦ ναὸς ἐν δεξιᾷ καὶ ἄγαλμα οὐκ ἔχον πω γένεια. ὑπὸ τοῦτον τὸν ναὸν θέατρον πεποίηται· τούτου δὲ οὐ πόρρω Δήμητρός ἐστιν ἱερὸν καὶ καθήμενα ἀγάλματα ἀρχαῖα.

English Translation

On the Acropolis there is also another sacred enclosure dedicated to Demeter, and within it are a temple and statues of Demeter and her daughter. The statue of Artemis—for here too there is a bronze statue of Artemis—seemed to me of ancient workmanship. As one descends from the Acropolis, there is on the right a sanctuary of Asklepios and a statue of him depicted as still beardless. Below this sanctuary a theater has been constructed, and not far from it there is a sanctuary of Demeter containing seated statues of ancient workmanship.

Proper Nouns

Demeter (Δήμητρα) deity
Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Acropolis (ἀκρόπολις) place Q131013
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