Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.18.8

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Passage 7.18.8: Sanctuary of Artemis Laphria at Patrae, whose image was brought from Calydon after Augustus.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Πατρεῦσι δὲ ἐν ἄκρᾳ τῇ πόλει Λαφρίας ἱερόν ἐστιν Ἀρτέμιδος· ξενικὸν μὲν τῇ θεῷ τὸ ὄνομα, ἐσηγμένον δὲ ἑτέρωθεν καὶ τὸ ἄγαλμα. Καλυδῶνος γὰρ καὶ Αἰτωλίας τῆς ἄλλης ὑπὸ Αὐγούστου βασιλέως ἐρημωθείσης διὰ τὸ τὴν ἐς τὴν Νικόπολιν τὴν ὑπὲρ τοῦ Ἀκτίου συνοικίζεσθαι καὶ τὸ Αἰτωλικόν, οὕτω τὸ ἄγαλμα τῆς Λαφρίας οἱ Πατρεῖς ἔσχον.

English Translation

The Patreans have, at the highest point of their city, a sanctuary of Artemis Laphria. The goddess's epithet is foreign, and her image was also brought in from elsewhere. For when Calydon and the rest of Aetolia were made desolate by Emperor Augustus, who transferred their inhabitants to Nicopolis, the city he founded in commemoration of his victory at Actium, the Patreans came into possession of the image of Laphria in this manner.

Proper Nouns

Laphria (Λαφρία) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Augustus (Αὔγουστος) person Q1405
Aetolia (Αἰτωλία) place Q26857
Aetolikon (Αἰτωλικόν) place
Also in: 1.4.4 10.20.9
Calydon (Καλυδών) place Q750313
Nicopolis (Νικόπολις) place Q943637
Patrae (Πάτραι) place Q56398976
Actium (Ἄκτιον) place Q21570423 Pleiades
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