Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.29.1

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Passage 2.29.1: Religious sanctuaries and cult images at Epidaurus.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

αὐτὴ δὲ τῶν Ἐπιδαυρίων ἡ πόλις παρείχετο ἐς μνήμην τάδε ἀξιολογώτατα· τέμενος δή ἐστιν Ἀσκληπιοῦ καὶ ἀγάλματα ὁ θεὸς αὐτὸς καὶ Ἠπιόνη, γυναῖκα δὲ εἶναι τὴν Ἠπιόνην Ἀσκληπιοῦ φασι· ταῦτά ἐστιν ἐν ὑπαίθρῳ λίθου Παρίου. ναοὶ δὲ ἐν τῇ πόλει καὶ Διονύσου καὶ Ἀρτέμιδός ἐστιν ἄλσος· εἰκάσαις ἂν θηρευούσῃ τὴν Ἄρτεμιν. Ἀφροδίτης τε ἱερὸν πεποίηται· τὸ δὲ πρὸς τῷ λιμένι ἐπὶ ἄκρας ἀνεχούσης ἐς θάλασσαν λέγουσιν Ἥρας εἶναι. τὴν δὲ Ἀθηνᾶν ἐν τῇ ἀκροπόλει, ξόανον θέας ἄξιον, Κισσαίαν ἐπονομάζουσιν.

English Translation

The city of the Epidaurians itself offered the following as most noteworthy memorials. There is a precinct sacred to Asclepius, containing statues of the god himself and of Epione, who they say was the wife of Asclepius. These statues, situated in the open air, are of Parian marble. Within the city there are temples of Dionysus and Artemis; the sanctuary of Artemis is in a grove, and the goddess herself one might imagine represented as hunting. There is also a shrine dedicated to Aphrodite, while the sanctuary near the harbor, set upon a promontory that extends out into the sea, they say belongs to Hera. The Athene on the acropolis—a wooden image remarkable to behold—they call Athene Cissaea.

Proper Nouns

Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός) deity
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Hera (Ἥρα) deity
Kissaia (Κισσαία) other
Epione (Ἠπιόνη) person
Parian (Πάριος) place
Epidaurus (Ἐπίδαυρος) place Q233576
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