Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.16.3

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Passage 3.16.3: Maiden vanishes; images of the Dioscuri and silphium found in her chamber.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ὁ δὲ οἰκίας μὲν τῆς ἄλλης ἐκέλευεν αὐτοὺς ἔνθα ἂν ἐθέλωσιν οἰκῆσαι, τὸ δὲ οἴκημα οὐκ ἔφη δώσειν· θυγάτηρ γὰρ ἔτυχέν οἱ παρθένος ἔχουσα ἐν αὐτῷ δίαιταν. ἐς δὲ τὴν ὑστεραίαν παρθένος μὲν ἐκείνη καὶ θεραπεία πᾶσα ἡ περὶ τὴν παῖδα ἠφάνιστο, Διοσκούρων δὲ ἀγάλματα ἐν τῷ οἰκήματι εὑρέθη καὶ τράπεζά τε καὶ σίλφιον ἐπʼ αὐτῇ.

English Translation

He told them they could occupy any other part of the house they wished, but said he would not yield that particular chamber, because his unmarried daughter happened to be using it as her quarters. However, on the next day, the maiden and all her attendants who cared for her had vanished, while within the chamber were found images of the Dioscuri, and a table with silphium upon it.

Proper Nouns

Dioscuri (Διόσκουροι) deity
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