Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.34.6

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Passage 2.34.6: Rock of Theseus near Troezen and nearby sanctuaries of Apollo and Demeter.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἔστι δὲ ὁδὸς ἔς Ἑρμιόνα ἐκ Τροιζῆνος κατὰ τὴν πέτραν ἣ πρότερον μὲν ἐκαλεῖτο Σθενίου Διὸς βωμός, μετὰ δὲ Θησέα ἀνελόμενον τὰ γνωρίσματα ὀνομάζουσιν οἱ νῦν Θησέως αὐτήν. κατὰ ταύτην οὖν τὴν πέτραν ἰοῦσιν ὀρεινὴν ὁδόν, ἔστι μὲν Ἀπόλλωνος ἐπίκλησιν Πλατανιστίου ναός, ἔστι δὲ Εἰλεοὶ χωρίον, ἐν δὲ αὐτῷ Δήμητρος καὶ Κόρης τῆς Δήμητρος ἱερά· τὰ δὲ πρὸς θάλασσαν ἐν ὅροις τῆς Ἑρμιονίδος ἱερὸν Δήμητρός ἐστιν ἐπίκλησιν Θερμασίας.

English Translation

The road from Troezen to Hermione passes by a rock, which was formerly called the Altar of Zeus Sthenius, but after Theseus took up the tokens (left there), people today call it the Rock of Theseus. Alongside this rock, as one continues along the mountainous road, there is a temple to Apollo, surnamed Platanistius, and also a place called Eileoi, in which there are sanctuaries of Demeter and of her daughter Kore. Near the sea, at the borders of the territory of Hermione, there is also a sanctuary of Demeter, who is surnamed Thermasia.

Proper Nouns

Demeter (Δήμητρα) deity
Kore (Κόρη) deity
Sthenius Zeus (Σθενίου Ζεύς) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Thermasia (Θερμασία) other
Platanistios (Πλατανίστιος) other
Theseus (Θησεύς) person
Eileoi (Εἰλεοί) place Q118744800
Troezen (Τροιζήν) place Q581494 Pleiades
Hermionis (Ἑρμιονίς) place Q994564 Pleiades
Hermione (Ἑρμιόνη) place Q58401924
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