Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.22.10

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Passage 7.22.10: Coastal landmarks and distances from Patrae to Aegium.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

αἵδε μὲν οὖν θαλάσσης τέ εἰσιν ἀπωτέρω πόλεις καὶ ἠπειρώτιδες βεβαίως· πλέοντι δὲ ἐς Αἴγιον ἐκ Πατρῶν ἄκρα πρῶτόν ἐστιν ὀνομαζομένη Ῥίον, σταδίους δὲ Πατρῶν πεντήκοντα ἀπέχουσα, λιμὴν δὲ ὁ Πάνορμος σταδίοις πέντε καὶ δέκα ἀπωτέρω τῆς ἄκρας. τοσούτους δὲ ἀφέστηκεν ἑτέρους ἀπὸ Πανόρμου τὸ Ἀθηνᾶς καλούμενον τεῖχος. ἐς δὲ λιμένα Ἐρινεὸν ἐξ Ἀθηνᾶς τείχους παράπλους ἐνενήκοντά εἰσι στάδιοι, ἑξήκοντα δὲ ἐς Αἴγιον ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἐρινεοῦ· ὁδὸς δὲ ἡ πεζὴ σταδίους τεσσαράκοντα μάλιστα ἐς τὸν ἀριθμὸν ἀποδεῖ τὸν εἰρημένον.

English Translation

These cities, then, lie inland away from the sea and are firmly situated on the mainland. Sailing from Patrae towards Aegium, one first encounters the promontory named Rhion, at a distance of fifty stades from Patrae. Fifteen stades further than this promontory lies the harbor called Panormus, and at an equal distance again from Panormus is the place known as the Wall of Athena. Sailing from the Wall of Athena to the harbor Erineus is a voyage of ninety stades, and from Erineus to Aegium it is sixty stades. The land route falls short of that number by roughly forty stades.

Proper Nouns

Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Aigion (Αἴγιον) place Q60790078
Panormos (Πάνορμος) place
Also in: 5.7.5
Patrae (Πάτραι) place Q56398976
Erineon (Ἐρινεόν) place Q60790615
Also in: 1.38.5
Rhion (Ῥίον) place Q24990480
Also in: 8.5.6 10.11.6
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