Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.16.6

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Passage 5.16.6: Choruses of Physcoa and Hippodameia founded by sixteen Elis women

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

αἱ πόλεις δὲ ἀφʼ ὧν τὰς γυναῖκας εἵλοντο, ἦσαν Ἦλις . ἀπὸ τούτων μὲν αἱ γυναῖκες οὖσαι τῶν πόλεων Πισαίοις διαλλαγὰς πρὸς Ἠλείους ἐποίησαν· ὕστερον δὲ καὶ τὸν ἀγῶνα ἐπετράπησαν ὑπʼ αὐτῶν θεῖναι τὰ Ἡραῖα καὶ ὑφήνασθαι τῇ Ἥρᾳ τὸν πέπλον. αἱ δὲ ἑκκαίδεκα γυναῖκες καὶ χοροὺς δύο ἱστᾶσι καὶ τὸν μὲν Φυσκόας τῶν χορῶν, τὸν δὲ Ἱπποδαμείας καλοῦσι· τὴν Φυσκόαν δὲ εἶναι ταύτην φασὶν ἐκ τῆς Ἤλιδος τῆς Κοίλης, τῷ δήμῳ δὲ ἔνθα ᾤκησεν ὄνομα μὲν Ὀρθίαν εἶναι.

English Translation

The cities, from which they took wives, were Elis. These women from the cities made peace between the Pisatans and the Eleans; later, they were entrusted by the Eleans themselves both with conducting the contest called the Heraea and with weaving the robe for Hera. These sixteen women organize two choruses, naming one of the choruses after Physcoa, the other after Hippodameia. They say Physcoa was from Elis in the region called Hollow Elis, and that the community where she lived was called Orthia.

Proper Nouns

Hera (Ἥρα) deity
Heraia (Ἡραῖα) other
Orthia (Ὀρθία) other
Pisaians (Πισαῖοι) person
Physkoa (Φυσκόα) person
Also in: 5.16.7
Eleans (Ἠλεῖοι) person
Hippodameia (Ἱπποδάμεια) person
Koile (Κοίλη) place Q13426464
Also in: 2.23.1 2.23.3
Elis (Ἦλις) place Q217667
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