Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.36.2

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Passage 2.36.2: Mases, once a city, now used as the Hermionians' harbor.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

ἱερὰ δὲ καὶ ἐς τόδε ἐπὶ ἄκρων τῶν ὀρῶν, ἐπὶ μὲν τῷ Κοκκυγίῳ Διός, ἐν δὲ τῷ Πρωνί ἐστιν Ἥρας· καὶ τοῦ γε Κοκκυγίου πρὸς τοῖς πέρασι ναός ἐστι, θύραι δὲ οὐκ ἐφεστήκασιν οὐδὲ ὄροφον εἶχεν οὐδέ οἵ τι ἐνῆν ἄγαλμα· εἶναι δὲ ἐλέγετο ὁ ναὸς Ἀπόλλωνος. παρὰ δὲ αὐτὸν ὁδός ἐστιν ἐπὶ Μάσητα τοῖς ἐκτραπεῖσιν ἐκ τῆς εὐθείας. Μάσητι δὲ οὔσῃ πόλει τὸ ἀρχαῖον, καθὰ καὶ Ὅμηρος ἐν Ἀργείων καταλόγῳ πεποίηκεν, ἐπινείῳ καθʼ ἡμᾶς ἐχρῶντο Ἑρμιονεῖς.

English Translation

Sanctuaries even today stand on the summits of the mountains: on Mount Coccygius a sanctuary of Zeus, while at Pron is one of Hera. At the boundary of Coccygius there is also a temple, though it has neither doors nor roof, nor does it contain any statue. This temple was said to be dedicated to Apollo. Beside it, a path leads to Mases for those turning aside from the straight road. Mases was once a city, as Homer indicates within his Catalogue of the Argives, but in our time the Hermionians used it as their harbor.

Proper Nouns

Zeus (Ζεύς) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Hera (Ἥρα) deity
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) other
Hermioneans (Ἑρμιονεύς) person
Homer (Ὅμηρος) person
Kokkygion (Κοκκυγίον) place Q115808938
Maseta (Μάσητα) place Q3561276
Also in: 2.35.11
Pronos (Πρωνός) place Q110449983
Also in: 2.36.1
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