Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.12.8

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Passage 3.12.8: Sanctuaries and royal tombs in Lacedaemon.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Λακεδαιμονίοις δὲ ἔστι μὲν Ἀπόλλωνος Ἀκρίτα βωμός, ἔστι δʼ ἐπονομαζόμενον Γάσηπτον ἱερὸν Γῆς· Ἀπόλλων δὲ ὑπὲρ αὐτὸ ἵδρυται Μαλεάτης. ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ πέρατι τῆς Ἀφεταΐδος, ἐγγύτατα ἤδη τοῦ τείχους, Δικτύννης ἐστὶν ἱερὸν καὶ βασίλειοι τάφοι τῶν καλουμένων Εὐρυπωντιδῶν· παρὰ δὲ τὸ Ἑλλήνιον Ἀρσινόης ἱερόν, Λευκίππου τε θυγατρὸς καὶ γυναικῶν τῶν Πολυδεύκους καὶ Κάστορος ἀδελφῆς. πρὸς δὲ τοῖς Φρουρίοις καλουμένοις ναός ἐστιν Ἀρτέμιδος, καὶ προελθοῦσιν ὀλίγον πεποίηται μνῆμα τοῖς ἐξ Ἤλιδος μάντεσι, καλουμένοις δὲ Ἰαμίδαις.

English Translation

The Lacedaemonians possess an altar of Apollo Acritas and a sanctuary sacred to Earth, called Gasepton; above it stands Apollo Maleatas. On the far end of Aphetaïs, very near the city wall, is a sanctuary dedicated to Dictynna and the royal tombs of those known as the Eurypontidae. By the Hellenium stands the sanctuary of Arsinoë, the daughter of Leucippus and sister of the wives of Polydeuces and Castor. Near the place called the Phrouroi (the Guards) is a temple of Artemis, and after advancing slightly further, there is a tomb erected in honor of the seers from Elis, who are called the Iamidae.

Proper Nouns

Ge (Earth) (Γῆ) deity
Dictynna (Δίκτυννα) deity
Also in: 2.30.3
Maleates (Μαλεάτης) deity
Akritas (Ἀκρίτας) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Eurypontids (Εὐρυπωντίδαι) person
Also in: 3.2.5
Castor (Κάστωρ) person
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Leucippus (Λεύκιππος) person
Polydeuces (Πολυδεύκης) person
Arsinoe (Ἀρσινόη) person
Iamidai (Ἰαμίδαι) person
Gasepton (Γάσηπτον) place Q109146789
Phouria/Frouroi (the Forts) (Φρούρια) place Q3901711
Aphētis (Ἀφεταΐς) place
Also in: 3.12.1 3.12.5
Hellenion (Ἑλλήνιον) place Q124616412
Also in: 3.12.6 3.12.7
Elis (Ἦλις) place Q217667
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