Pausanias Analysis

Passage 4.33.4

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Passage 4.33.4: Karnasion grove with statues of Apollo Karneios, Hagne (Kore), and Hermes.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

διαβάντι δὲ τούτους πεδίον ἐστὶν ὀνομαζόμενον Στενυκληρικόν· εἶναι δὲ ἥρωα Στενύκληρον λέγουσι. τοῦ πεδίου δέ ἐστιν ἀπαντικρὺ καλουμένη τὸ ἀρχαῖον Οἰχαλία, τὸ δὲ ἐφʼ ἡμῶν Καρνάσιον ἄλσος, κυπαρίσσων μάλιστα πλῆρες. θεῶν δὲ ἀγάλματα Ἀπόλλωνός ἐστι Καρνείου καὶ Ἁγνῆς καὶ Ἑρμῆς φέρων κριόν. ἡ δὲ Ἁγνὴ Κόρης τῆς Δήμητρός ἐστιν ἐπίκλησις· ὕδωρ δὲ ἄνεισιν ἐκ πηγῆς παρʼ αὐτὸ τὸ ἄγαλμα.

English Translation

After crossing these places there is a plain called Stenyklerikos; they say that it is named after a hero, Stenykleros. Opposite this plain is the place formerly called Oichalia, but in my time the grove Karnasion, filled especially with cypresses. Statues of gods there include Apollo Karneios, Hagne, and Hermes carrying a ram. Hagne is an epithet for Kore, the daughter of Demeter. Near the statue itself, water rises from a spring.

Proper Nouns

Demeter (Δήμητρα) deity
Carneius (Κάρνειος) deity
Kore (Κόρη) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Hagne (Ἁγνή) deity
Also in: 8.38.3
Hermes (Ἑρμῆς) deity
Stenyklēros (Στενύκληρος) person
Karnasios Grove (Καρνάσιον ἄλσος) place
Oechalia (Οἰχαλία) place Q60790408
Stenyklerikon (Στενυκληρικόν) place Q15829811
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