Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.32.7

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Passage 2.32.7: The rock of Theseus and nearby sanctuary of Aphrodite Nymphia.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἰοῦσι δὲ τὴν διὰ τῶν ὀρέων ἐς Ἑρμιόνην πηγή τέ ἐστι τοῦ Ὑλλικοῦ ποταμοῦ, Ταυρίου δὲ τὸ ἐξ ἀρχῆς καλουμένου, καὶ πέτρα Θησέως ὀνομαζομένη, μεταβαλοῦσα καὶ αὐτὴ τὸ ὄνομα ἀνελομένου Θησέως ὑπʼ αὐτῇ κρηπῖδας τὰς Αἰγέως καὶ ξίφος· πρότερον δὲ βωμὸς ἐκαλεῖτο Σθενίου Διός. τῆς δὲ πέτρας πλησίον Ἀφροδίτης ἐστὶν ἱερὸν Νυμφίας, ποιήσαντος Θησέως ἡνίκα ἔσχε γυναῖκα Ἑλένην.

English Translation

On the road through the mountains to Hermione, there is a spring forming the river Hyllikos, originally called the Taurios, and also a rock called the rock of Theseus, itself having changed its name when Theseus took from beneath it the sandals and sword of Aegeus; previously it was called the altar of Zeus Sthenius. Near the rock is a sanctuary of Aphrodite Nymphia, established by Theseus at the time when he took Helen to wife.

Proper Nouns

Nymphia (Νυμφία) deity
Sthenios Zeus (Σθένιος Ζεύς) deity
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Aegeus (Αἰγεύς) person
Theseus (Θησεύς) person
Helen (Ἑλένη) person
Taurios (Ταυρίος) place Q109617435
Hermione (Ἑρμιόνη) place Q58401924
Hylicus (Ὕλλικος) place Q108480637
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