Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.23.9

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Passage 7.23.9: Sanctuaries and statues at Aegium

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

Αἰγιεῦσι δὲ Ἀθηνᾶς τε ναὸς καὶ Ἥρας ἐστὶν ἄλσος. Ἀθηνᾶς μὲν δὴ δύο ἀγάλματα λευκοῦ λίθου· τῆς δὲ Ἥρας τὸ ἄγαλμα ὅτι μὴ γυναιξίν, ἣ ἂν τὴν ἱερωσύνην ἔχῃ, ἄλλῳ γε δὴ οὐδενὶ ἔστι θεάσασθαι. Διονύσου δὲ πρὸς τῷ θεάτρῳ πεποίηταί σφισιν ἱερὸν καὶ ἄγαλμα, οὐκ ἔχων πω γένεια. ἔστι δὲ καὶ Διὸς ἐπίκλησιν Σωτῆρος ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ τέμενος καὶ ἀγάλματα ἐσελθόντων ἐν ἀριστερᾷ, χαλκοῦ μὲν ἀμφότερα, τὸ δὲ οὐκ ἔχον πω γένεια ἐφαίνετο ἀρχαιότερον εἶναί μοι.

English Translation

The Aigians have a temple of Athena and a grove of Hera. Inside Athena's temple stand two statues made of white stone; but the image of Hera may not be viewed by anyone, except women—and then only the woman who holds the priesthood. Near the theater, they have built a sanctuary and statue of Dionysos, which is represented without a beard. In the marketplace there is also a precinct sacred to Zeus surnamed Soter (the Savior), and on the left as one enters are two bronze statues; of these two statues, the beardless one appeared to me to be the more ancient.

Proper Nouns

Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity Q41680
Zeus (Ζεύς) deity Q34201
Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity Q37122
Hera (Ἥρα) deity Q38012
Soter (Σωτήρ) other Q2303797
Also in: 2.31.10 3.23.10
Aeginetans (Αἰγῖνες) person
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