Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.18.1

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Passage 3.18.1: Aphrodite Ambologera and statues of Sleep and Death near Pausanias' statues.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τῶν δὲ ἀνδριάντων τοῦ Παυσανίου πλησίον ἐστὶν Ἀμβολογήρας Ἀφροδίτης ἄγαλμα ἱδρυμένον κατὰ μαντείαν, ἄλλα δὲ Ὕπνου καὶ Θανάτου· καὶ σφᾶς ἀδελφοὺς εἶναι κατὰ τὰ ἔπη τὰ ἐν Ἰλιάδι ἥγηνται.

English Translation

Near the statues of Pausanias stands an image of Aphrodite Ambologera set up according to an oracle, and others of Sleep and Death; and they believe them to be brothers, following the verses in the Iliad.

Proper Nouns

Thanatos (Θάνατος) deity
Also in: 5.18.1
Ambologera Aphrodite (Ἀμβολογήρα Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Hypnos (Ὕπνος) deity
Iliad (Ἰλιάς) other
Pausanias (Παυσανίας) person
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