Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.20.2

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Passage 7.20.2: Temple of Athena Panachais at Lafria.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τὰ δὲ ἐφʼ ἡμῶν στεφάνους μὲν τῶν ἀσταχύων ἀποτίθενται παρὰ τῇ θεῷ, λουσάμενοι δὲ τῷ ποταμῷ καὶ αὖθις στεφάνους ἐπιθέμενοι κισσοῦ πρὸς τὸ ἱερὸν ἴασι τοῦ Αἰσυμνήτου. ταῦτα μέν σφισιν οὕτω δρᾶν καθέστηκε, τοῦ περιβόλου δέ ἐστιν ἐντὸς τῆς Λαφρίας καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς ναὸς ἐπίκλησιν Παναχαΐδος· ἐλέφαντος τὸ ἄγαλμα καὶ χρυσοῦ.

English Translation

In my time, they place crowns of grain stalks before the goddess, and then having bathed in the river, they put on crowns of ivy and proceed to the sanctuary of Aesymnetes. This is their established custom. Within the enclosure of Lafria stands also a temple of Athena, surnamed Panachais; her image is made of ivory and gold.

Proper Nouns

Aisymnetes (Αἰσυμνήτης) deity
Also in: 7.20.1 7.21.6
Laphria (Λαφρία) deity
Panachaïs (Παναχαΐς) deity
god (θεός) deity
Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
river (ποταμός) other
Sanctuary (ἱερόν) other
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