Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.23.7

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Passage 2.23.7: Argive sights: Acrisius' bronze chamber, Crotopus' tomb, temple of Dionysus Cresius.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἄλλα δέ ἐστιν Ἀργείοις θέας ἄξια· κατάγαιον οἰκοδόμημα, ἐπʼ αὐτῷ δὲ ἦν ὁ χαλκοῦς θάλαμος, ὃν Ἀκρίσιός ποτε ἐπὶ φρουρᾷ τῆς θυγατρὸς ἐποίησε· Περίλαος δὲ καθεῖλεν αὐτὸν τυραννήσας. τοῦτό τε οὖν τὸ οἰκοδόμημά ἐστι καὶ Κροτώπου μνῆμα καὶ Διονύσου ναὸς Κρησίου. Περσεῖ γὰρ πολεμήσαντα αὐτὸν καὶ αὖθις ἐλθόντα ἐς λύσιν τοῦ ἔχθους τά τε ἄλλα τιμηθῆναι μεγάλως λέγουσιν ὑπὸ Ἀργείων καὶ τέμενός οἱ δοθῆναι τοῦτο ἐξαίρετον·

English Translation

The Argives possess other sights worthy of viewing: an underground structure, upon which formerly stood the bronze chamber that Acrisius had made to guard his daughter, but Perilaus demolished it when he gained power as a tyrant. There is also this same edifice, the tomb of Crotopus, and the temple of Dionysus Cresius. For they say that Dionysus, after waging war against Perseus and later returning to seek reconciliation of their feud, was greatly honored by the Argives in various ways; among other distinctions, this remarkable precinct was allotted to him.

Proper Nouns

Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Kresios (Κρήσιος) person
Also in: 2.23.8 10.6.7
Krotopos (Κρότωψ) person
Also in: 2.16.1
Perilaus (Περίλαος) person
Perseus (Περσεύς) person
Acrisius (Ἀκρίσιος) person
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) person
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