Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.15.6

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Passage 5.15.6: Altars at Embolos (Ares Hippios, Athena Hippia, Agathe Tyche, Pan, Aphrodite, Nymphs, Artemis)

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τῆς δὲ πρὸς τὸν Ἔμβολον καλούμενον ἐσόδου τῇ μὲν Ἄρεως Ἱππίου, τῇ δὲ Ἀθηνᾶς Ἱππίας βωμός, ἐς δὲ αὐτὸν τὸν Ἔμβολον ἐσελθόντων Τύχης ἐστὶν ἀγαθῆς βωμὸς καὶ Πανός τε καὶ Ἀφροδίτης, ἐνδοτάτω δὲ τοῦ Ἐμβόλου Νυμφῶν ἃς Ἀκμηνὰς καλοῦσιν. ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς στοᾶς ἣν οἱ Ἠλεῖοι καλοῦσιν Ἀγνάπτου , τὸν ἀρχιτέκτονα ἐπονομάζοντες τῷ οἰκοδομήματι, ἀπὸ ταύτης ἐπανιόντι ἐστὶν ἐν δεξιᾷ βωμὸς Ἀρτέμιδος.

English Translation

At the entrance facing toward the place called Embolos stands, on one side, an altar of Ares Hippios, and on the other, an altar of Athena Hippia. Upon entering Embolos itself, there is an altar of Agathe Tyche (Good Fortune), as well as altars of Pan and Aphrodite; further within Embolos is located an altar dedicated to the Nymphs whom they call Akmenai. Returning from the stoa that the Eleans name Agnaptos, thus calling the building after its architect, there is on the right-hand side an altar of Artemis.

Proper Nouns

Athena Hippia (Ἀθηνᾶ Ἱππία) deity
Also in: 1.30.4
Ares Hippios (Ἄρης Ἱππίος) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity Q39503
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity Q35500
Nymphs (Νύμφαι) deity
Pan (Πάν) deity
Tyche (Τύχη) deity Q213440
Akmenai (Akmēnai) (Ἀκμηναί) other Q21547802
Agnaptos (Ἀγνάπτης) person Q394350
Also in: 6.20.10 6.20.13
Eleans (Ἠλεῖοι) person
Embolos (Ἔμβολος) place
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