Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.3.5

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Passage 2.3.5: Bath near Poseidon's temple in Corinth with a fountain depicting Pegasus.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

λουτρὰ δὲ ἔστι μὲν πολλαχοῦ Κορινθίοις καὶ ἄλλα, τὰ μὲν ἀπὸ τοῦ κοινοῦ, τὸ δὲ βασιλέως Ἀδριανοῦ κατασκευάσαντος· τὸ δὲ ὀνομαστότατον αὐτῶν πλησίον τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος. τοῦτο δὲ Εὐρυκλῆς ἐποίησεν ἀνὴρ Σπαρτιάτης λίθοις κοσμήσας καὶ ἄλλοις καὶ ὃν ἐν Κροκεαῖς χώρας τῆς Λακωνικῆς ὀρύσσουσιν. ἐν ἀριστερᾷ δὲ τῆς ἐσόδου Ποσειδῶν καὶ μετʼ αὐτὸν Ἄρτεμις θηρεύουσα ἕστηκε. κρῆναι δὲ πολλαὶ μὲν ἀνὰ τὴν πόλιν πεποίηνται πᾶσαν ἅτε ἀφθόνου ῥέοντός σφισιν ὕδατος καὶ ὃ δὴ βασιλεὺς Ἀδριανὸς ἐσήγαγεν ἐκ Στυμφήλου, θέας δὲ μάλιστα ἀξία ἡ παρὰ τὸ ἄγαλμα τὸ τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος· καί οἱ Βελλεροφόντης ἔπεστι καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ ὁ διʼ ὁπλῆς ἵππου ῥεῖ τοῦ Πηγάσου.

English Translation

The Corinthians also have many baths elsewhere: some for public use, and one built by the emperor Hadrian. But the most famous of these baths is situated near the temple of Poseidon. This one was established by Eurycles, a Spartan, who adorned it with various kinds of stone, including the stone quarried in Croceae of Laconia. On the left side of the entrance stands Poseidon, and after him Artemis depicted as a huntress. Numerous fountains have been constructed throughout the whole city, since abundant water flows for them, brought in from Stymphalus by the emperor Hadrian. The fountain especially worth seeing is the one near the statue of Artemis. Upon it is depicted Bellerophon, and the water flows from the hoof of the horse Pegasus.

Proper Nouns

Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Pegasus (Πήγασος) other
Also in: 2.1.9 2.4.1 2.31.9
Bellerophon (Βελλεροφόντης) person
Eurykles (Εὐρυκλῆς) person Q1378466
Also in: 3.14.6
Corinthians (Κορίνθιοι) person
Spartan (Σπαρτιάτης) person
Hadrian (Ἀδριανός) person
Krokeai (Κροκεαί) place Q21591486 Pleiades
Also in: 3.21.4
Laconia (Λακωνική) place Q11931074
Stymphalos (Στύμφαλος) place Q2359730
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