Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.15.10

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Passage 3.15.10: Temple with a wooden armed Aphrodite and an upper sanctuary to Morpho.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τοῦ θεάτρου δὲ οὐ πόρρω Ποσειδῶνός τε ἱερόν ἐστι Γενεθλίου καὶ ἡρῷα Κλεοδαίου τοῦ Ὕλλου καὶ Οἰβάλου. τῶν δὲ Ἀσκληπιείων τὸ ἐπιφανέστατον πεποίηταί σφισι πρὸς τοῖς Βοωνήτοις, ἐν ἀριστερᾷ δὲ ἡρῷον Τηλέκλου· τούτου δὲ καὶ ὕστερον ποιήσομαι μνήμην ἐν τῇ Μεσσηνίᾳ συγγραφῇ. προελθοῦσι δὲ οὐ πολὺ λόφος ἐστὶν οὐ μέγας, ἐπὶ δὲ αὐτῷ ναὸς ἀρχαῖος καὶ Ἀφροδίτης ξόανον ὡπλισμένης. ναῶν δὲ ὧν οἶδα μόνῳ τούτῳ καὶ ὑπερῷον ἄλλο ἐπῳκοδόμηται Μορφοῦς ἱερόν.

English Translation

Not far from the theater is the temple of Poseidon Genethlios ("the Birth-giver"), and nearby are the heroic shrines of Cleodaeus, son of Hyllus, and of Oebalus. Of the sanctuaries dedicated to Asclepius, the most notable is situated in the area called Booneta. On the left is the heroön of Teleclus—I shall return again later to speak of him in my description of Messenia. Proceeding a short distance further, there is a modest-sized hill, upon which stands an ancient temple and a wooden image of armed Aphrodite. Of all the temples known to me, only this one has a second storey built above, a sanctuary dedicated to Morpho.

Proper Nouns

Genethlios (Γενέθλιος) deity
Morpho (Μορφώ) deity
Also in: 3.15.11
Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) deity
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Cleodaeus (Κλεοδαῖος) person
Also in: 2.7.6
Oibalos (Οἴβαλος) person
Also in: 3.1.4 4.12.8
Teleclus (Τηλεκλῆς) person
Hyllos (Ὕλλος) person
Boonetoi (Βοωνῆτοι) place
Messenia (Μεσσηνία) place Q1247159
Asklepieion (Ἀσκληπιεῖον) place Q7698713
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