Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.12.4

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Passage 3.12.4: Odysseus establishes three sanctuaries of Athena Keleuthea

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

οἱ δὲ ἐς τὴν Ἰνδικὴν ἐσπλέοντες φορτίων φασὶν Ἑλληνικῶν τοὺς Ἰνδοὺς ἀγώγιμα ἄλλα ἀνταλλάσσεσθαι, νόμισμα δὲ οὐκ ἐπίστασθαι, καὶ ταῦτα χρυσοῦ τε ἀφθόνου καὶ χαλκοῦ παρόντος σφίσι. τοῦ δὲ τῶν Βιδιαίων ἀρχείου πέραν ἐστὶν Ἀθηνᾶς ἱερόν· Ὀδυσσεὺς δὲ ἱδρύσασθαι τὸ ἄγαλμα λέγεται καὶ ὀνομάσαι Κελεύθειαν, τοὺς Πηνελόπης μνηστῆρας τῷ δρόμῳ νικήσας. ἱδρύσατο δὲ τῆς Κελευθείας ἱερὰ ἀριθμῷ τρία διεστηκότα ἀπʼ ἀλλήλων.

English Translation

Those who sail to India say that the Indians exchange their goods for Greek cargoes, but that they do not understand the use of coined money, although they possess abundant gold and bronze. Beyond the precinct of the Bidiaeans is a sanctuary of Athena; Odysseus, it is said, set up the statue and named it Keleuthea ("of the Road") after defeating the suitors of Penelope in a footrace. He established sanctuaries for Keleuthea, three in number, separated from one another.

Proper Nouns

Keleutheia (Κελεύθεια) deity
Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Bidiaioi (Βιδιαῖοι) person
Also in: 3.11.2
Penelope (Πηνελόπη) person
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Indians (Ἰνδοί) person
Odysseus (Ὀδυσσεύς) person
India (Ἰνδική) place Q3149991
Also in: 8.23.9 9.40.9
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