Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.18.9

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Passage 7.18.9: Statue of Artemis Laphria in Patrae's acropolis

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ ὅσα ἄλλα ἀγάλματα ἔκ τε Αἰτωλίας καὶ παρὰ Ἀκαρνάνων, τὰ μὲν πολλὰ ἐς τὴν Νικόπολιν κομισθῆναι, Πατρεῦσι δὲ ὁ Αὔγουστος ἄλλα τε τῶν ἐκ Καλυδῶνος λαφύρων καὶ δὴ καὶ τῆς Λαφρίας ἔδωκε τὸ ἄγαλμα, ὃ δὴ καὶ ἐς ἐμὲ ἔτι ἐν τῇ ἀκροπόλει τῇ Πατρέων εἶχε τιμάς. γενέσθαι δὲ ἐπίκλησιν τῇ θεῷ Λαφρίαν ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς Φωκέως φασί· Λάφριον γὰρ τὸν Κασταλίου τοῦ Δελφοῦ Καλυδωνίοις ἱδρύσασθαι τὸ ἄγαλμα τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος τὸ ἀρχαῖον, οἱ δὲ τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος τὸ μήνιμα τὸ

English Translation

So also did most of the other statues from Aetolia and from the Acarnanians, many of them having been moved to Nicopolis; Augustus, however, gave to the people of Patrae certain treasures from Calydon, among them the statue of Artemis Laphria, which in my time was still honored within the acropolis of Patrae. They say the goddess received the surname Laphria from a man of Phocis; for it is said Laphrion, the son of Castalius of Delphi, dedicated originally the statue of Artemis at Calydon. The wrath of Artemis, however—

Proper Nouns

Laphria (Λαφρία) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Augustus (Αὔγουστος) person Q1405
Calydonians (Καλυδώνιοι) person
Kastalios/Castalius (Κασταλίος) person
Laphrios/Laphrion (Λάφριος) person
Phocian (Φωκεύς) person
Acarnanians (Ἀκαρνᾶνες) person
Aetolia (Αἰτωλία) place Q26857
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
Calydon (Καλυδών) place Q750313
Nicopolis (Νικόπολις) place Q943637
Patrae (Πάτραι) place Q56398976
Acropolis of Patrae (ἀκρόπολις Πατρέων) place
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