Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.22.9

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Passage 7.22.9: Sanctuary of the Greatest Gods at Triteia and its local cults.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

ἐν Τριτείᾳ δὲ ἔστι μὲν ἱερὸν καλουμένων Μεγίστων θεῶν, ἀγάλματα δέ σφισι πηλοῦ πεποιημένα· τούτοις κατὰ ἔτος ἑορτὴν ἄγουσιν, οὐδέν τι ἀλλοίως ἢ καὶ τῷ Διονύσῳ δρῶσιν Ἕλληνες. ἔστι δὲ καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς ναός, τὸ δὲ ἄγαλμα λίθου τὸ ἐφʼ ἡμῶν· τὸ δὲ ἀρχαῖον ἐς Ῥώμην, καθὰ οἱ Τριταιεῖς λέγουσιν, ἐκομίσθη. θύειν δὲ οἱ ἐνταῦθα καὶ Ἄρει καὶ τῇ Τριτείᾳ νομίζουσιν.

English Translation

In Triteia there is a sanctuary of the gods called the Greatest Gods, whose images are made of clay. Annually, the inhabitants hold a festival for them, celebrated exactly as the Greeks honor Dionysus. There is also a temple of Athena; her statue in our time is of stone, but the ancient one was taken off to Rome, as the people of Triteia say. The local custom here is also to offer sacrifices to Ares and to Triteia herself.

Proper Nouns

Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Greatest Gods (Μεγίσται θεοί) deity
Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Ares (Ἄρης) deity
Triteans (Τριταιεῖς) other
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) other
Triteia (Τρίτεια) place Q16737926
Rome (Ῥώμη) place Q220 Pleiades
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