Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.24.8

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Passage 3.24.8: Sanctuaries of Dionysus, Asclepius, Apollo Karneios, and Artemis Daphnaia.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τῶν δὲ ὀρῶν ἐπὶ μὲν τοῦ Ἰλίου Διονύσου τέ ἐστι καὶ ἐπʼ ἄκρας τῆς κορυφῆς Ἀσκληπιοῦ ναός, πρὸς δὲ τῷ Κνακαδίῳ Κάρνειος καλούμενος Ἀπόλλων. ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ Καρνείου σταδίους προελθόντι ὡς τριάκοντα, ἔστιν ἐν χωρίῳ Ὕψοις ἐν ὅροις ἤδη Σπαρτιατῶν ἱερὸν Ἀσκληπιοῦ καὶ Ἀρτέμιδος ἐπίκλησιν Δαφναίας.

English Translation

On the mountains, there is a sanctuary of Dionysus upon Mount Ilius, and on the very summit stands a temple dedicated to Asclepius. Near the Knakadium is Apollo called Karneios. About thirty stades from the sanctuary of Karneios, at a place called Hypsoi on the Spartan frontier, there is a sanctuary of Asclepius and of Artemis who bears the epithet Daphnaia.

Proper Nouns

Daphnaia (Δαφναία) deity
Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Carneius (Κάρνειος) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Spartiates (Σπαρτιάται) person
Knakadion (Κνακαδιόν) place Q124613900
Ilium (Ἴλιον) place Q22647
Hypsoi (Ὕψοι) place Q60790115
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