Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.16.8

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Passage 3.16.8: Statue of the Tauric Artemis from Brauron, taken to Susa, now at Laodicea.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

καίτοι διαμεμένηκεν ἔτι καὶ νῦν τηλικοῦτο ὄνομα τῇ Ταυρικῇ θεῷ, ὥστε ἀμφισβητοῦσι μὲν Καππάδοκες καὶ οἱ τὸν Εὔξεινον οἰκοῦντες τὸ ἄγαλμα εἶναι παρὰ σφίσιν, ἀμφισβητοῦσι δὲ καὶ Λυδῶν οἷς ἐστιν Ἀρτέμιδος ἱερὸν Ἀναιίτιδος. Ἀθηναίοις δὲ ἄρα παρώφθη γενόμενον λάφυρον τῷ Μήδῳ· τὸ γὰρ ἐκ Βραυρῶνος ἐκομίσθη τε ἐς Σοῦσα καὶ ὕστερον Σελεύκου δόντος Σύροι Λαοδικεῖς ἐφʼ ἡμῶν ἔχουσι.

English Translation

Even now, indeed, the renown of the Tauric goddess persists to such an extent that the Cappadocians and those dwelling around the Euxine Sea dispute the claim that her image is among them, and the Lydians likewise, who possess the sanctuary of Artemis Anaïtis, contest it as well. But evidently it eluded the Athenians when it became spoil carried off by the Mede; for the statue brought from Brauron was taken to Susa and later, by the gift of Seleucus, the Syrians of Laodicea hold it in my day.

Proper Nouns

Anaïtis (Ἀναιῖτις) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Cappadocians (Καππάδοκες) person
Laodiceans (Λαοδίκεια) person
Lydians (Λυδοί) person
Mede (Μῆδος) person
Seleucus (Σελεύκος) person
Also in: 1.10.5
Syrians (Σύροι) person
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Brauron (Βραυρών) place Q475497 Pleiades
Euxine (Εὔξεινος) place Q1913944
Also in: 1.20.4
Susa (Σοῦσα) place Q180773 Pleiades
Taurica (Ταυρική) place Q1761310
Also in: 3.16.11
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