Pausanias Analysis

Passage 4.34.6

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Passage 4.34.6: Temples and cult images: Artemis Paidotrophos, Dionysus, Asclepius; Zeus Soter, bronze Athena.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

θεῶν δέ ἐστιν ἐνταῦθα Ἀρτέμιδός τε καλουμένης Παιδοτρόφου καὶ Διονύσου καὶ Ἀσκληπιοῦ ναός· τῷ μὲν δὴ Ἀσκληπιῷ καὶ Διονύσῳ λίθου, Διὸς δὲ Σωτῆρος χαλκοῦν ἄγαλμα ἐπὶ τῆς ἀγορᾶς πεποίηται. χαλκοῦν δὲ καὶ ἐν ἀκροπόλει τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς τὸ ἄγαλμά ἐστιν ἐν ὑπαίθρῳ, κορώνην ἐν τῇ χειρὶ ἔχουσα. εἶδον δὲ καὶ τοῦ Ἐπιμηλίδου μνῆμα· ἐφʼ ὅτῳ δὲ τὸν λιμένα Ἀχαιῶν καλοῦσιν, οὐκ οἶδα.

English Translation

In this place there is a temple of the gods—Artemis, called Paidotrophos ("Child-nurturer"), Dionysus, and Asclepius. The statues of Asclepius and Dionysus are made of stone, but there is a bronze image of Zeus Soter in the marketplace. On the acropolis, an open-air bronze statue of Athena stands, holding a crow in her hand. I saw also the tomb of Epimelides, but for what reason the harbor is called "Achaean," I do not know.

Proper Nouns

Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Zeus Soter (Ζεύς Σωτήρ) deity
Also in: 5.5.1 8.9.2
Paidotrophos (Παιδοτρόφος) deity
Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Achaeans (Ἀχαιοί) people
Epimelides (Ἐπιμηλίδης) person
Also in: 4.34.5
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