Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.22.9

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Passage 3.22.9: Asopus: city with a temple of the emperors, Asclepius sanctuary, and Athena Cyparissia.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τάδε μὲν ἀπὸ Ἀκριῶν ἄνω πρὸς ἤπειρον· τὰ δὲ πρὸς θαλάσσῃ, πόλις Ἀσωπὸς Ἀκριῶν ἀπέχει σταδίους ἑξήκοντα. ἐν αὐτῇ δὲ ναός τε Ῥωμαίων βασιλέων καὶ ἀνωτέρω τῆς πόλεως ὅσον τε σταδίους δώδεκα καὶ ἱερόν ἐστιν Ἀσκληπιοῦ· Φιλόλαον τὸν θεὸν ὀνομάζουσι. τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ ἐν τῷ γυμνασίῳ τὰ τιμώμενα μεγέθει μὲν ὑπερβάλλοντα, ἀνθρώπου δὲ ὅμως ἐστί. καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς ἱερόν ἐστιν ἐν τῇ ἀκροπόλει Κυπαρισσίας ἐπίκλησιν. τῆς δὲ ἀκροπόλεως πρὸς τοῖς ποσὶ πόλεως ἐρείπια καλουμένης Ἀχαιῶν τῶν Παρακυπαρισσίων.

English Translation

These places lie inland, above Acriae. Nearer the sea is the city of Asopus, sixty stades from Acriae. Within it is a temple of the Roman emperors, and about twelve stades above the city, there is a sanctuary of Asclepius; they call the god Philolaus. The bones honored in the gymnasium are remarkable for their size, though still human. There is also a sanctuary of Athena on the acropolis, surnamed Cyparissia. At the foot of this acropolis there are the ruins of a city named the City of the Achaeans of Paracyparissia.

Proper Nouns

Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός) deity
Parakyparissioi (Παρακυπαρίσσιοι) person
Philolaos (Φιλόλαος) person
Achaeans (Ἀχαιοί) person
Kyparissia (Κυπαρισσία) place Q1026705 Pleiades
Akriai (Ἀκρίαι) place Q25858222
Asopus (Ἀσωπός) place Q622781
Epirus (Ἤπειρος) place Q11266977
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