Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.28.7

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Passage 2.28.7: Sacred olive-tree observance at Hyrnetho's heroön

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

καί οἱ ποιήσαντες ἡρῷον τιμὰς καὶ ἄλλας δεδώκασι καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς πεφυκόσιν ἐλαίοις, καὶ εἰ δή τι ἄλλο δένδρον ἔσω, καθέστηκε νόμος τὰ θραυόμενα μηδένα ἐς οἶκον φέρεσθαι μηδὲ χρᾶσθαί σφισιν ἐς μηδέν, κατὰ χώραν δʼ αὐτοῦ λείπουσιν ἱερὰ εἶναι τῆς Ὑρνηθοῦς.

English Translation

Those who built the heroön have also granted to Hyrnetho other honors, including a special observance regarding the olive trees growing there and indeed if any other tree stands within: it is established by law that no one may carry home the branches broken from them or make any use whatsoever of them; instead, they leave these branches on the spot, sacred to Hyrnetho.

Proper Nouns

Hyrnetho (Ὑρνηθοῦ) person
Also in: 2.23.3
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