Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.25.10

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Passage 2.25.10: The temple of Athena at Lessa.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

κατὰ δὲ τὴν ἐς Ἐπίδαυρον εὐθεῖάν ἐστι κώμη Λῆσσα, ναὸς δὲ Ἀθηνᾶς ἐν αὐτῇ καὶ ξόανον οὐδέν τι διάφορον ἢ τὸ ἐν ἀκροπόλει τῇ Λαρίσῃ. ἔστι δὲ ὄρος ὑπὲρ τῆς Λήσσης τὸ Ἀραχναῖον, πάλαι δὲ † σάπυς ἐλάτων ἐπὶ Ἰνάχου τὸ ὄνομα εἰλήφει. βωμοὶ δέ εἰσιν ἐν αὐτῷ Διός τε καὶ Ἥρας· δεῆσαν ὄμβρου σφίσιν ἐνταῦθα θύουσι.

English Translation

Along the straight road to Epidaurus lies a village named Lessa. In it stands a temple of Athena, containing a wooden statue quite similar to the one on the acropolis of Larisa. Above Lessa rises Mount Arachnaion, which in ancient times was called Sapyselaton ("Fir-covered"), a name derived from Inachus. On the mountain are altars to Zeus and Hera, and here they offer sacrifices when they seek rain.

Proper Nouns

Zeus (Ζεύς) deity
Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Hera (Ἥρα) deity
acropolis (ἀκρόπολις) other
Inachos (Ἴναχος) person
Larisa (Λάρισσα) place
Lessa (Λῆσσα) place Q12880025
Also in: 2.26.1
Arachnaion (Ἀραχναῖον) place Q17521327
Epidaurus (Ἐπίδαυρος) place Q233576
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