Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.26.11

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Passage 3.26.11: Sanctuary of Klaia on Mount Kalathion and Alagonia's Dionysus and Artemis shrines

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τῆς δὲ χώρας τῆς Γερηνίας ὄρος Καλάθιόν ἐστιν· ἐν αὐτῷ Κλαίας ἱερὸν καὶ σπήλαιον παρʼ αὐτὸ τὸ ἱερόν, ἔσοδον μὲν στενήν, τὰ δὲ ἔνδον παρεχόμενον θέας ἄξια. Γερηνίας δὲ ὡς ἐς μεσόγαιαν ἄνω τριάκοντα ἀπέχει σταδίους Ἀλαγονία, καὶ τὸ πόλισμα κατηρίθμησα ἤδη καὶ τοῦτο ἐν Ἐλευθερολάκωσι· θέας δὲ αὐτόθι ἄξια Διονύσου καὶ Ἀρτέμιδός ἐστιν ἱερά.

English Translation

In the district of Gerenia there is a mountain named Kalathion; upon it is a sanctuary of Klaia, and beside the sanctuary is a cave; its entrance is narrow, but inside it provides sights well worth viewing. About thirty stades inland from Gerenia lies Alagonia, which is another town that I have already counted among the Eleutherolakones. Here there are sanctuaries dedicated to Dionysus and Artemis, also worthy of seeing.

Proper Nouns

Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Klaia (Κλαία) deity
Artemis (Ἀρτεμις) deity
Also in: 3.16.9 7.24.1
Gerenia (Γερηνία) place Q5550565
Kalathion (Καλάθιον) place Q25053388
Alagonia (Ἀλαγονία) place Q3773354 Pleiades
Also in: 3.21.7
Eleutherolacon (Ἐλευθερολάκων) place
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