Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.11.11

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Passage 5.11.11: Asclepius's statue and throne at Epidaurus stand over a well.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐν Ἐπιδαύρῳ δὲ ἐρομένου μου καθʼ ἥντινα αἰτίαν οὔτε ὕδωρ τῷ Ἀσκληπιῷ σφισιν οὔτε ἔλαιόν ἐστιν ἐγχεόμενον, ἐδίδασκόν με οἱ περὶ τὸ ἱερὸν ὡς καὶ τὸ ἄγαλμα τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ὁ θρόνος ἐπὶ φρέατι εἴη πεποιημένα.

English Translation

When I was in Epidaurus, asking for what reason neither water nor olive oil was poured as an offering to their Asclepius, the attendants of the sanctuary informed me that both the statue of the god and the throne had been constructed over a well.

Proper Nouns

Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός) deity
Epidaurus (Ἐπίδαυρος) place Q233576
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