Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.23.8

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Passage 2.23.8: Ariadne’s burial and the discovered earthen coffin at Cretan.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Κρησίου δὲ ὕστερον ὠνομάσθη, διότι Ἀριάδνην ἀποθανοῦσαν ἔθαψεν ἐνταῦθα. Λυκέας δὲ λέγει κατασκευαζομένου δεύτερον τοῦ ναοῦ κεραμέαν εὑρεθῆναι σορόν, εἶναι δὲ Ἀριάδνης αὐτήν· καὶ αὐτός τε καὶ ἄλλους Ἀργείων ἰδεῖν ἔφη τὴν σορόν. πλησίον δὲ τοῦ Διονύσου καὶ Ἀφροδίτης ναός ἐστιν Οὐρανίας.

English Translation

Later the place was named Cretan, because Ariadne, at her death, was buried there. Lyceas says that, while the temple was being reconstructed for a second time, an earthen coffin was discovered, and this coffin was identified as that of Ariadne. He himself declared that he, along with other Argives, had seen the coffin. Near the temple of Dionysus there is also a temple of Aphrodite Urania.

Proper Nouns

Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Ourania (Οὐρανία) deity
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) other
Kresios (Κρήσιος) person
Also in: 2.23.7 10.6.7
Lykeas (Λυκέας) person
Ariadne (Ἀριάδνη) person
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