Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.17.5

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Passage 3.17.5: Temple of Aphrodite Areia with ancient wooden images behind Athena Chalkioikos

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐν ἀριστερᾷ δὲ τῆς Χαλκιοίκου Μουσῶν ἱδρύσαντο ἱερόν, ὅτι οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι τὰς ἐξόδους ἐπὶ τὰς μάχας οὐ μετὰ σαλπίγγων ἐποιοῦντο ἀλλὰ πρός τε αὐλῶν μέλη καὶ ὑπὸ λύρας καὶ κιθάρας κρούσμασιν. ὄπισθεν δὲ τῆς Χαλκιοίκου ναός ἐστιν Ἀφροδίτης Ἀρείας· τὰ δὲ ξόανα ἀρχαῖα εἴπερ τι ἄλλο ἐν Ἕλλησιν.

English Translation

On the left of the temple of Athena Chalkioikos they set up a sanctuary of the Muses, because the Lacedaemonians made their sorties into battle not to the accompaniment of trumpets, but to melodies of flutes and to the striking of lyres and kitharas. Behind the temple of Athena Chalkioikos there is a temple of Aphrodite Areia (Warlike); its wooden statues are among the most ancient images anywhere in Greece.

Proper Nouns

Muses (Μοῦσαι) deity
Aphrodite Areia (Ἀφροδίτη Ἀρεία) deity
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Chalkioikos (Χαλκιοῖκος) place Q124257868
Also in: 3.17.6 4.15.5
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