Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.26.11

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Passage 7.26.11: Pelloe: sanctuaries of Artemis (including Agrotera) and Dionysus.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

εἰ δέ τινα τῶν ἐν Ἕλλησι πολισματίων ἀφθόνῳ καταρρεῖται τῷ ὕδατι, ἀριθμεῖν καὶ τὴν Φελλόην ἔστιν ἐν τούτοις. θεῶν δὲ ἱερὰ Διονύσου καὶ Ἀρτέμιδός ἐστιν· ἡ μὲν χαλκοῦ πεποίηται, βέλος δὲ ἐκ φαρέτρας λαμβάνουσα· τῷ Διονύσῳ δὲ ὑπὸ κινναβάρεως τὸ ἄγαλμά ἐστιν ἐπηνθισμένον. ἐς δὲ τὸ ἐπίνειον καταβᾶσιν ἐξ Αἰγείρας καὶ αὖθις ἐς τὰ πρόσω βαδίζουσιν ἔστιν ἐν δεξιᾷ τῆς ὁδοῦ τὸ ἱερὸν τῆς Ἀγροτέρας, ἔνθα τὴν αἶγα ὀκλάσαι λέγουσιν.

English Translation

If any of the smaller towns in Greece flows abundantly with water, one could number Pelloe among them. There are sanctuaries of Dionysus and Artemis; the image of Artemis is made of bronze, depicted drawing an arrow from her quiver, while the statue of Dionysus is adorned with cinnabar paint. Descending from Aigeira to its harbor, and proceeding further inland again, on the right side of the road stands the sanctuary of Artemis Agrotera ("the huntress"), where they say the goat crouched.

Proper Nouns

Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Agrotera (Ἀγροτέρα) deity
Also in: 1.19.6 8.32.4
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Cinnabar (as pigment; not a person or deity but refers to a substance, can be 'other') (Κιννάβαρις) other
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Aigeira (Αἴγειρα) place Q18363976
Phelloe (Φελλόη) place Q16473204
Also in: 7.26.10
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