Pausanias Analysis

Passage 4.35.8

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Passage 4.35.8: Sanctuary of Athena Anemotis at Mothone.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐν Μοθώνῃ δὲ ναός ἐστιν Ἀθηνᾶς Ἀνεμώτιδος· Διομήδην δὲ τὸ ἄγαλμα ἀναθεῖναι καὶ τὸ ὄνομα τῇ θεῷ φασι θέσθαι. βιαιότεροι γὰρ καὶ οὐ κατὰ καιρὸν πνέοντες ἐλυμαίνοντο οἱ ἄνεμοι τὴν χώραν· Διομήδους δὲ εὐξαμένου τῇ Ἀθηνᾷ, τὸ ἀπὸ τούτου συμφορά σφισιν οὐδεμία ἀνέμων γε ἕνεκα ἦλθεν ἐς τὴν γῆν. καὶ Ἀρτέμιδος δʼ ἱερόν ἐστιν ἐνταῦθα καὶ ὕδωρ ἐν φρέατι κεκραμένον πίσσῃ, Κυζικηνῷ μύρῳ μάλιστα ἰδεῖν ἐμφερές· παράσχοιτο δʼ ἂν πᾶσαν καὶ χρόαν ὕδωρ καὶ ὀσμήν.

English Translation

In Mothone there is a sanctuary of Athena Anemotis ("of the winds"), and it is said that Diomedes dedicated the statue and gave the goddess this name. For the winds, blowing violently and at inappropriate times, were devastating the land. But after Diomedes prayed to Athena, no misfortune arising from the winds befell their country thereafter. Here also is a sanctuary of Artemis and water in a well mixed with pitch, quite similar in appearance to Cyzicene ointment. In fact, the water might produce altogether every kind of coloring and fragrance.

Proper Nouns

Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Anemotis (Ἀνεμώτις) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Diomedes (Διομήδης) person
of Cyzicus (Κυζικηνός) place
Also in: 5.21.3
Methone (Μοθώνη) place Q60790706
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