Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.13.6

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Passage 3.13.6: Aphetaios statue marking the start of Penelope's suitors' race.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τοῦ Καρνείου δὲ οὐ πόρρω καλούμενόν ἐστιν ἄγαλμα Ἀφεταίου· τοῖς δὲ Πηνελόπης μνηστῆρσί φασιν ἐντεῦθεν γενέσθαι τοῦ δρόμου τὴν ἀρχήν. ἔστι δέ τι χωρίον ἔχον στοὰς ἐν τετραγώνῳ τῷ σχήματι, ἔνθα σφίσιν ἐπιπράσκετο ὁ ῥῶπος τὸ ἀρχαῖον· πρὸς τούτῳ Διὸς Ἀμβουλίου καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς ἐστιν Ἀμβουλίας βωμὸς καὶ Διοσκούρων καὶ τούτων Ἀμβουλίων.

English Translation

Not far from the Carneium is a statue called Aphetaios ("Sender-Forth"), and they say it was from this place that Penelope's suitors began their race. There is also a certain area enclosed by colonnades forming a square-shaped structure, in which wool was originally sold. Beside this is an altar of Zeus Amboulios ("Counsellor") and Athena Amboulia ("Counsellor"), as well as one for the Dioscuri, who, too, bear the epithet Amboulioi ("Counsellors").

Proper Nouns

Dioscuri (Διόσκουροι) deity
Zeus Amboulios (Ζεύς Ἀμβούλιος) deity
Carneius (Κάρνειος) deity
Athena Amboulia (Ἀθηνᾶ Ἀμβουλία) deity
Ambouloi (Ἀμβούλιοι) deity
Aphetaeus (Ἀφεταῖος) deity
Penelope (Πηνελόπη) person
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