Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.20.5

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Passage 3.20.5: Sanctuary of Demeter Eleusinia at Theras with a wooden image of Orpheus.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ταλετοῦ δὲ τὸ μεταξὺ καὶ Εὐόρα Θήρας ὀνομάζοντες Λητώ φασιν ἀπὸ τῶν ἄκρων τοῦ Ταϋγέτου Δήμητρος ἐπίκλησιν Ἐλευσινίας ἐστὶν ἱερόν· ἐνταῦθα Ἡρακλέα Λακεδαιμόνιοι κρυφθῆναί φασιν ὑπὸ Ἀσκληπιοῦ τὸ τραῦμα ἰώμενον· καὶ Ὀρφέως ἐστὶν ἐν αὐτῷ ξόανον, Πελασγῶν ὥς φασιν ἔργον. καὶ τόδε δὲ ἄλλο δρώμενον ἐνταῦθα οἶδα·

English Translation

Between Taletum and Euoras, places called Theras, there is a sanctuary of Demeter Eleusinia. They say that Leto came there from the peaks of Taygetus. At this place, the Lacedaemonians say Heracles was concealed by Asclepius, who healed his wound; and therein stands a wooden image of Orpheus, said to be the work of the Pelasgians. Moreover, I am acquainted with another rite performed there:

Proper Nouns

Demeter (Δήμητρα) deity
Leto (Λητώ) deity
Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός) deity
Eleusinia (Ἐλευσίνια) other
Also in: 4.33.5 10.31.11
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Pelasgians (Πελασγοί) person
Also in: 1.28.3
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person
Orpheus (Ὀρφεύς) person
Euora (Εὔωρον) place Q114463064
Thera (Θήρα) place Q129296 Pleiades
Taygetos (Ταΰγετος) place Q515809
Taletos (Ταλετός) place
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