Pausanias Analysis

Passage 4.34.4

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Passage 4.34.4: Korone, its Leukothea sanctuary and the Plataniston spring.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Κορώνη δέ ἐστι πόλις ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ Παμίσου πρὸς θαλάσσῃ τε καὶ ὑπὸ τῷ ὄρει τῇ Μαθίᾳ. κατὰ δὲ τὴν ὁδὸν ταύτην ἐστὶν ἐπὶ θαλάσσῃ χωρίον, ὃ Ἰνοῦς ἱερὸν εἶναι νομίζουσιν· ἐπαναβῆναι γὰρ ἐνταῦθα ἐκ θαλάσσης φασὶν αὐτὴν θεόν τε ἤδη νομιζομένην καὶ Λευκοθέαν καλουμένην ἀντὶ Ἰνοῦς. προελθόντων δὲ οὐ πολὺ Βίας ἐκδίδωσιν ἐς θάλασσαν ποταμός· γενέσθαι δὲ αὐτῷ λέγουσι τὸ ὄνομα ἀπὸ Βίαντος τοῦ Ἀμυθάονος. καὶ Πλατανιστῶνος δὲ ἡ πηγὴ στάδια μὲν εἴκοσίν ἐστιν ἀπωτέρω τῆς ὁδοῦ, ῥεῖ δὲ ἐκ πλατάνου τὸ ὕδωρ πλατείας καὶ τὰ ἐντὸς κοίλης· κατὰ σπήλαιον μάλιστά που μικρὸν τὸ εὖρός ἐστι τοῦ δένδρου, καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ αὐτόθεν ἐς Κορώνην τὸ πότιμον κάτεισι.

English Translation

Korone is a city situated to the right of the Pamisos River, near the sea and below Mount Mathia. On this route, beside the sea, there is a place believed to be sacred to Ino. They say the goddess herself came ashore here from the sea, already regarded as divine and called Leukothea instead of Ino. Not far ahead, the river Bias flows into the sea; it is said to be named after Bias, the son of Amythaon. The spring of Plataniston lies about twenty stades off the road; its water flows from a broad plane tree, hollow within. The width of the tree is particularly narrow within a small cave-like hollow, from where drinking water flows down towards Korone.

Proper Nouns

Leucothea (Λευκοθέα) deity
Ino (Ἰνώ) deity
Bias (Βίας) person Q365977
Amythaon (Ἀμυθάων) person
Bias (Βίας) place Q855509
Korone (Κορώνη) place Q59314203
Also in: 4.34.7
Mathia (Μαθία) place Q6787087
Pamisos (Πάμισος) place Q3100663
Plataniston (Πλατανιστών) place Q20108668
Also in: 8.39.1
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