Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.37.1

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Passage 2.37.1: Grove by the rivers Pontinus and Amymone with statues of Demeter and Dionysus.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἀπὸ δὴ τοῦ ὄρους τούτου τὸ ἄλσος ἀρχόμενον πλατάνων τὸ πολὺ ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν καθήκει. ὅροι δὲ αὐτοῦ τῇ μὲν ποταμὸς ὁ Ποντῖνος, τῇ δὲ ἕτερος ποταμός· Ἀμυμώνη δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς Δαναοῦ θυγατρὸς ὄνομα τῷ ποταμῷ. ἐντὸς δὲ τοῦ ἄλσους ἀγάλματα ἔστι μὲν Δήμητρος Προσύμνης, ἔστι δὲ Διονύσου, καὶ Δήμητρος καθήμενον ἄγαλμα οὐ μέγα·

English Translation

Beginning from this mountain, the grove extends, chiefly made up of plane trees, all the way down to the sea. Boundaries of the grove are, on one side, the river Pontinus, and on the other side, another river called Amymone, named after Amymone, the daughter of Danaus. Inside the grove are statues of Demeter Prosymne and Dionysus, as well as a small seated statue of Demeter.

Proper Nouns

Demeter (Δήμητρα) deity
Demeter Prosymne (Δήμητρα Προσύμνη) deity
Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Danaus (Δαναός) person
Amymone (Ἀμυμώνη) person
Pontinos (Ποντῖνος) place Q125936741
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