Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.23.6

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Passage 3.23.6: Epidaurus Limera founded by Epidaurians who settled after prophetic dreams

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τούτοις μὲν τοιαῦτα ἀπήντησεν ἀσεβήσασι· τῇ δὲ Βοιαῶν ὅμορος Ἐπίδαυρός ἐστιν ἡ Λιμηρά, σταδίους ὡς διακοσίους ἀπέχουσα Ἐπιδηλίου. φασὶ δὲ οὐ Λακεδαιμονίων, τῶν δὲ ἐν τῇ Ἀργολίδι Ἐπιδαυρίων εἶναι, πλέοντες δὲ ἐς Κῶν παρὰ τὸν Ἀσκληπιὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ κοινοῦ προσσχεῖν τῆς Λακωνικῆς ἐνταῦθα καὶ ἐξ ἐνυπνίων γενομένων σφίσι καταμείναντες οἰκῆσαι.

English Translation

Such then was the fate that overtook those who committed impiety. Bordering upon Boiae is Epidaurus Limera, situated about two hundred stades from Epidelium. They say that its founders were not Lacedaemonians, but Epidaurians from the Argolid. Sailing publicly to visit Asclepius in Cos, they put ashore here in Laconia; thereafter, in obedience to dreams that came to them, they remained and settled here.

Proper Nouns

Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός) deity
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Epidaurians (Ἐπίδαυροι) person
Boiai (Βοιαί) place Q11909406
Cos (Κῶς) place Q187027 Pleiades
Laconia (Λακωνική) place Q11931074
Limera (Λιμηρά) place
Also in: 3.23.10
Argolis (Ἀργολίς) place Q12649101
Epidaurus (Ἐπίδαυρος) place Q233576
Epidelion (Ἐπιδήλιον) place Q60792070
Also in: 3.23.2 3.23.4
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