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

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