Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.27.1

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Passage 2.27.1: The sacred grove of Asklepios at Epidaurus.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τὸ δὲ ἱερὸν ἄλσος τοῦ Ἀσκληπιοῦ περιέχουσιν ὅροι πανταχόθεν· οὐδὲ ἀποθνήσκουσιν ἄνθρωποι οὐδὲ τίκτουσιν αἱ γυναῖκές σφισιν ἐντὸς τοῦ περιβόλου, καθὰ καὶ ἐπὶ Δήλῳ τῇ νήσῳ τὸν αὐτὸν νόμον. τὰ δὲ θυόμενα, ἤν τέ τις Ἐπιδαυρίων αὐτῶν ἤν τε ξένος ὁ θύων ᾖ, καταναλίσκουσιν ἐντὸς τῶν ὅρων· τὸ δὲ αὐτὸ γινόμενον οἶδα καὶ ἐν Τιτάνῃ.

English Translation

The sacred grove of Asklepios is enclosed by boundary markers all around. Within its precinct, no one may die, nor may women give birth, exactly as the same law applies on the island of Delos. Whatever offerings are sacrificed there, whether by Epidaurians themselves or by foreign visitors, must be entirely consumed within the boundaries. I know that the same custom is observed also at Titane.

Proper Nouns

Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός) deity
Delos (Δήλος) place Q173148
Also in: 1.29.1
Titanē (Τιτάνη) place Q59637009
Epidaurians (Ἐπίδαυροι) place
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