Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.25.9

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Passage 7.25.9: Boura's temples and marble cult images by the sculptor Eucleides.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ὁπόσοι δὲ τηνικαῦτα ἀποδημοῦντες ἢ στρατείας ἕνεκα ἔτυχον ἢ κατὰ πρόφασιν ἀλλοίαν, μόνοι τε οὗτοι Βουρέων ἐλείφθησαν καὶ αὐτοὶ τῆς Βούρας ἐγένοντο οἰκισταί. ναὸς ἐνταῦθα Δήμητρος, ὁ δὲ Ἀφροδίτης Διονύσου τέ ἐστι, καὶ ἄλλος Εἰλειθυίας· λίθου τοῦ Πεντελησίου τὰ ἀγάλματα, Ἀθηναίου δὲ ἔργα Εὐκλείδου · καὶ τῇ Δήμητρί ἐστιν ἐσθής. πεποίηται δὲ καὶ Ἴσιδι ἱερόν.

English Translation

But all those inhabitants who were at that time abroad, either serving in war or for some other reason, were the only ones who survived among the people of Boura, and these became themselves the founders of the new city of Boura. Here there is a temple of Demeter, and another one sacred to Aphrodite and Dionysus, and yet another dedicated to Eileithyia. Their images are made of Pentelic marble, the work of the Athenian artist Eucleides; Demeter's image is adorned with clothing. A sanctuary has also been built here for Isis.

Proper Nouns

Demeter (Δήμητρα) deity
Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Eileithyia (Εἰλείθυια) deity
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Isis (Ἶσις) deity
temple (ναός) other
Eukleides (Εὐκλείδης) person
Also in: 7.4.4 7.26.4
Athenian (Ἀθηναῖος) person
Boura (Βοῦρα) place Q3555318
Boura (of the people of Boura) (Βοῦραι) place Q1871901
Pentelicon (Πεντελησίος) place Q1125206
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