Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.7.6

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Passage 2.7.6: Dionysian sanctuaries Baccheios and Lysios and the ruined temple of Artemis Limnaia

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

ἡγεῖται μὲν οὖν ὃν Βάκχειον ὀνομάζουσιν---Ἀνδροδάμας σφίσιν ὁ Φλάντος τοῦτον ἱδρύσατο---, ἕπεται δὲ ὁ καλούμενος Λύσιος, ὃν Θηβαῖος Φάνης εἰπούσης τῆς Πυθίας ἐκόμισεν ἐκ Θηβῶν. ἐς δὲ Σικυῶνα ἦλθεν ὁ Φάνης, ὅτε Ἀριστόμαχος ὁ Κλεοδαίου τῆς γενομένης μαντείας ἁμαρτὼν διʼ αὐτὸ καὶ καθόδου τῆς ἐς Πελοπόννησον ἥμαρτεν. ἐκ δὲ τοῦ Διονυσίου βαδίζουσιν ἐς τὴν ἀγοράν, ἔστι ναὸς Ἀρτέμιδος ἐν δεξιᾷ Λιμναίας. καὶ ὅτι μὲν κατερρύηκεν ὁ ὄροφος, δῆλά ἐστιν ἰδόντι· περὶ δὲ τοῦ ἀγάλματος οὔτε ὡς κομισθέντος ἑτέρωσε οὔτε ὅντινα αὐτοῦ διεφθάρη τρόπον εἰπεῖν ἔχουσιν.

English Translation

First among them is the one they call Baccheios—established in their city by Androdamas, son of Phlas. This is followed by the sanctuary called Lysios, which Phanes, a Theban, having consulted the Pythian oracle, brought from Thebes. Phanes came to Sicyon at the time when Aristomachus, son of Cleodaeus, misunderstood the oracle he had received, causing him thereby to fail in his attempt to enter the Peloponnese. From the precinct of Dionysus you then proceed toward the market-place. Here, on the right-hand side, stands the temple of Artemis Limnaia. It is obvious to the viewer that the roof has fallen in, but concerning the statue itself they cannot say whether it has been carried off elsewhere or in what manner it was destroyed.

Proper Nouns

Bacchium (Βάκχειον) deity
Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Limnaia (Λιμναία) deity
Also in: 3.14.2
Lysios (Λύσιος) deity
Also in: 2.2.6 9.16.6
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Theban (Θηβαῖος) person
Cleodaeus (Κλεοδαῖος) person
Also in: 3.15.10
Pythia (Πυθία) person
Phanes (Φάνης) person
Phlantos (Φλάντος) person
Androdamas (Ἀνδροδάμας) person
Also in: 2.6.6 2.12.6
Aristomachus (Ἀριστόμαχος) person
Thebes (Θῆβαι) place Q11225429
Peloponnese (Πελοπόννησος) place Q78967
Sicyon (Σικυών) place Q368628 Pleiades
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