Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.38.2

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Passage 2.38.2: Nauplia: ruins with a Poseidon sanctuary and the Canathus spring where Hera bathes.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Τημενίου δὲ ἀπέχει Ναυπλία πεντήκοντα ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν σταδίους, τὰ μὲν ἐφʼ ἡμῶν ἔρημος, οἰκιστὴς δὲ ἐγένετο αὐτῆς Ναύπλιος Ποσειδῶνος λεγόμενος καὶ Ἀμυμώνης εἶναι. λείπεται δὲ καὶ τειχῶν ἔτι ἐρείπια, καὶ Ποσειδῶνος ἱερὸν καὶ λιμένες εἰσὶν ἐν Ναυπλίᾳ καὶ πηγὴ Κάναθος καλουμένη· ἐνταῦθα τὴν Ἥραν φασὶν Ἀργεῖοι κατὰ ἔτος λουμένην παρθένον γίνεσθαι.

English Translation

Nauplia lies, as it seems to me, fifty stadia distant from Temenium. In our time it is deserted, but its founder is said to have been Nauplius, who was born from Poseidon and Amymone. Remains of walls still survive, and at Nauplia there is a sanctuary of Poseidon, as well as harbors and a spring called Canathus. Here, according to Argive tradition, Hera bathes each year and thus renews her virginity.

Proper Nouns

Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) deity
Hera (Ἥρα) deity
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) other
Nauplius (Ναύπλιος) person
Also in: 8.48.7
Temenos (Τήμενιος) person
Amymone (Ἀμυμώνη) person
Kanathos (Κάναθος) place Q6360744
Nauplia (Ναυπλία) place Q56399740
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