Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.12.11

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Passage 3.12.11: Circular building near the Skiás housing Zeus and Aphrodite Olympian

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

πρὸς δὲ τῇ Σκιάδι οἰκοδόμημά ἐστι περιφερές, ἐν δὲ αὐτῷ Διὸς καὶ Ἀφροδίτης ἀγάλματα ἐπίκλησιν Ὀλυμπίων· τοῦτο Ἐπιμενίδην κατασκευάσαι λέγουσιν, οὐχ ὁμολογοῦντες τὰ ἐς αὐτὸν Ἀργείοις, ὅπου μηδὲ πολεμῆσαί φασι πρὸς Κνωσσίους.

English Translation

Near the Skiás there is a circular building, and within it are statues of Zeus and Aphrodite, surnamed Olympian. They say that Epimenides constructed this building, although they do not agree with the Argives concerning him, since the Argives deny even having fought against the Knossians.

Proper Nouns

Zeus (Ζεύς) deity
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Olympians (Ὀλύμπιοι) deity
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) person
Epimenides (Ἐπιμενίδης) person
Knossos (Κνῶσσος) place Q173527 Pleiades
Skiadion (Σκιάδιον) place
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