Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.22.2

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Passage 3.22.2: Menelaus' dedications of Thetis and the Praxidikai near Migonium.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τοῦτο μὲν δὴ τὸ ἱερὸν ποιῆσαι λέγουσιν Ἀλέξανδρον· Μενέλαος δὲ Ἴλιον ἑλὼν καὶ ἔτεσιν ὕστερον ὀκτὼ μετὰ Τροίας πόρθησιν οἴκαδε ἀνασωθεὶς ἄγαλμα Θέτιδος καὶ θεὰς Πραξιδίκας ἱδρύσατο ἐγγὺς τῆς Μιγωνίτιδος. Διονύσου δὲ ὄρος ἱερὸν Λαρύσιον καλούμενόν ἐστιν ὑπὲρ τοῦ Μιγωνίου· καὶ ἦρος ἀρχομένου Διονύσῳ τὴν ἑορτὴν ἄγουσιν ἄλλα τε ἐς τὰ δρώμενα λέγοντες καὶ ὡς βότρυν ἐνταῦθα ἀνευρίσκουσιν ὡραῖον.

English Translation

They say that Alexander founded this sanctuary. After Menelaus had captured Ilium, and when, eight years subsequent to the sack of Troy, he had safely returned home, he dedicated the statue of Thetis and images of the goddesses called Praxidikai near Migonium. Above Migonium is a mountain sacred to Dionysus named Larysion. At the beginning of spring they hold there a festival in honor of Dionysus, wherein, among other rites, they recount how at this place was discovered a ripe cluster of grapes.

Proper Nouns

Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Thetis (Θέτις) deity
Praxidike (Πραξιδίκη) deity
Also in: 9.33.3
Menelaus (Μενέλαος) person
Alexander (Ἀλέξανδρος) person
Laryssion (Λαρύσιον) place Q137528481
Migonitis (Μιγωνίτις) place Q107247932
Migonion (Μιγώνιον) place Q110372255
Also in: 3.22.1
Troy (Τροία) place Q22647
Ilium (Ἴλιον) place Q22647
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