Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.22.5

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Passage 7.22.5: Grove of the Dioscuri near Pharae with a stone altar

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

Φαρεῦσι δὲ ὅσον πέντε σταδίους καὶ δέκα ἀπωτέρω τῆς πόλεώς ἐστιν ἄλσος Διοσκούρων. δάφναι μάλιστα ἐν αὐτῷ πεφύκασι, ναὸς δὲ οὐκ ἦν ἐν αὐτῷ οὐδὲ ἀγάλματα· κομισθῆναι δὲ οἱ ἐπιχώριοί φασιν ἐς Ῥώμην τὰ ἀγάλματα. ἐν Φαραῖς δὲ ἐν τῷ ἄλσει βωμὸς λίθων λογάδων ἐστί. πυθέσθαι δὲ οὐκ εἶχον εἰ ὁ Φάρης ὁ Φυλοδαμείας τῆς Δαναοῦ σφισιν ἢ ὁμώνυμος ἐκείνῳ τις ἐγένετο οἰκιστής.

English Translation

About fifteen stades beyond the city of Pharae there is a grove sacred to the Dioscuri. Laurels especially grow there; but in it there was neither temple nor images, since, according to the local inhabitants, the statues had been carried away to Rome. In Pharae, within this grove, there is an altar built of selected stones. But I was unable to ascertain whether the founder was Pharis, son of Phylodameia, daughter of Danaus, or another of the same name.

Proper Nouns

Dioscuri (Διόσκουροι) deity
Danaus (Δαναός) person
Phares (Φάρης) person
Phylodameia (Φυλοδαμεία) person
Also in: 4.30.2
Pharai (Φᾶραι) place Q1571214
Also in: 4.3.2 4.31.1
Rome (Ῥώμη) place Q220 Pleiades
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