Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.32.6

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Passage 2.32.6: Sanctuary of Pan Lyterios and temples of Isis and Aphrodite Akraia at Troezen

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

κατιόντων δὲ αὐτόθεν Λυτηρίου Πανός ἐστιν ἱερόν· Τροιζηνίων γὰρ τοῖς τὰς ἀρχὰς ἔχουσιν ἔδειξεν ὀνείρατα ἃ εἶχεν ἄκεσιν λοιμοῦ πιέσαντος τὴν Τροιζηνίαν, Ἀθηναίους δὲ μάλιστα. διαβὰς δὲ καὶ ἐς τὴν Τροιζηνίαν ναὸν ἂν ἴδοις Ἴσιδος καὶ ὑπὲρ αὐτὸν Ἀφροδίτης Ἀκραίας· τὸν μὲν ἅτε ἐν μητροπόλει τῇ Τροιζῆνι Ἁλικαρνασσεῖς ἐποίησαν, τὸ δὲ ἄγαλμα τῆς Ἴσιδος ἀνέθηκε Τροιζηνίων δῆμος.

English Translation

On descending from there is a sanctuary of Pan Lyterios (the Releasing). For it was he who revealed in dreams to the magistrates of Troezen the remedy against a plague afflicting the land of Troezen, and particularly affecting also the Athenians. If one crosses over also into the territory of Troezen, there one will see a temple of Isis, and above that a temple of Aphrodite Akraia ("of the heights"). The temple of Aphrodite was built by the Halicarnassians, as Troezen was their mother-city; but the image of Isis was dedicated by the people of Troezen themselves.

Proper Nouns

Luterius Pan (Pan the Deliverer) (Λυτήριος Πάν) deity
Aphrodite Akraia (Ἀφροδίτη Ἀκραία) deity
Isis (Ἶσις) deity
Troezenians (Τροιζήνιοι) person
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Halicarnassians (Ἁλικαρνασσεῖς) person
Troezen (Τροιζήν) place Q581494 Pleiades
Troezenia (Τροιζηνία) place
Also in: 2.31.4 2.34.12
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