Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.24.1

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Passage 3.24.1: The temple of Apollo at Zarax.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἐπιδαύρου δὲ σταδίους ἑκατὸν ἀπέχει Ζάραξ, ἄλλως μὲν εὐλίμενον χωρίον, τῶν δὲ Ἐλευθερολακώνων μάλιστα τοῦτο ἐκτετρύχωται, ἐπεὶ καὶ Κλεώνυμος ὁ Κλεομένους τοῦ Ἀγησιπόλιδος μόνον τοῦτο τῶν Λακωνικῶν πολισμάτων ἐποίησεν ἀνάστατον· καί μοι τὰ ἐς τὸν Κλεώνυμον ἑτέρωθί ἐστιν εἰρημένα. ἐν Ζάρακι δὲ ἄλλο μὲν οὐδέν, πρὸς δὲ τοῦ λιμένος τῷ πέρατι Ἀπόλλωνος ναός ἐστι καὶ ἄγαλμα κιθάραν ἔχον.

English Translation

Zarax lies about a hundred stades from Epidaurus. The place otherwise has a good harbor, but it has suffered most among the towns of the Eleutherolaconians; indeed, Cleonymus, son of Cleomenes and grandson of Agesipolis, made this alone of the Laconian towns desolate. I have elsewhere told the story concerning Cleonymus. At Zarax there is nothing further noteworthy except a temple of Apollo at the extremity of the harbor, containing a statue holding a lyre.

Proper Nouns

Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Cleomenes (Κλεομένης) person
Cleonymus (Κλεώνυμος) person
Agesipolis (Ἀγησίπολις) person
Eleutherolacones (Ἐλευθερολάκωνες) person
Zarax (Ζάραξ) place Q11955563
Also in: 1.38.4 3.21.7
Laconia (Λακωνική) place Q11931074
Epidaurus (Ἐπίδαυρος) place Q233576
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