Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.25.4

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Passage 3.25.4: Taenarum promontory with its cave sanctuary and statue of Poseidon.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἀπὸ δὲ Πυρρίχου καταβάντι ἐς θάλασσαν ἔστι Τευθρώνη· τὸν δὲ οἰκιστὴν οἱ ταύτῃ Τεύθραντα Ἀθηναῖον ὄντα ἀποφαίνουσι, τιμῶσι δὲ θεῶν μάλιστα Ἰσσωρίαν Ἄρτεμιν, καὶ πηγή σφισίν ἐστι Ναΐα. Τευθρώνης δὲ ἀπέχει πεντήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν σταδίους ἐς θάλασσαν ἀνέχουσα ἄκρα Ταίναρον, καὶ λιμένες ὅ τε Ἀχίλλειός ἐστι καὶ Ψαμαθοῦς, ἐπὶ δὲ τῇ ἄκρᾳ ναὸς εἰκασμένος σπηλαίῳ καὶ πρὸ αὐτοῦ Ποσειδῶνος ἄγαλμα.

English Translation

From Pyrrhichos descending to the sea is Teuthrone. The local inhabitants say its founder was Teuthras, who was an Athenian. Among the gods they particularly honor Issorian Artemis, and there is in their territory a spring called Naia. At a distance of one hundred and fifty stades from Teuthrone, projecting into the sea, is the promontory Taenarum. Here are harbors called Achilles’ Harbor and Psamathus, and on the headland itself there is a sanctuary resembling a cave, with a statue of Poseidon placed in front of it.

Proper Nouns

Naiad (Ναΐς) deity
Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) deity
Issoria Artemis (Ἰσσωρία Ἄρτεμις) deity
Teuthras (Τεύθραντας) person
Also in: 8.4.9
Athenian (Ἀθηναῖος) person
Pyrrhichos (Πυρρίχος) place Q7263760
Tainaron (Ταίναρον) place Q849911
Teuthrone (Τευθρώνη) place Q48781583
Also in: 3.21.7
Psamathous (Ψαμαθοῦς) place Q16622813
Achilleios (Ἀχίλλειος) place Q48781616
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