Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.5.10

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Passage 7.5.10: Springs, rivers, and groves of Ionia

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἡ δὲ Ἰωνία παρὲξ τῶν τε ἱερῶν καὶ τῆς τοῦ ἀέρος κράσεως παρέχεται καὶ ἄλλα ἐς συγγραφήν, ἡ μέν γε Ἐφεσία χώρα τόν τε Κέγχριον ποταμὸν καὶ τοῦ Πίονος τοῦ ὄρους τὴν φύσιν καὶ πηγὴν τὴν Ἁλιταίαν· ἐν δὲ τῇ Μιλησίᾳ πηγή τέ ἐστι Βιβλὶς καὶ ὅσα ἐς τῆς Βιβλίδος τὸν ἔρωτα ᾄδουσιν· ἐν δὲ τῇ Κολοφωνίων ἄλσος τε τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος, δένδρα μελίαι, καὶ οὐ πόρρω τοῦ ἄλσους Ἄλης ποταμὸς ψυχρότατος τῶν ἐν Ἰωνίᾳ.

English Translation

Ionia, beyond its temples and the temperate quality of its air, provides other subjects worthy of description. The Ephesian territory, for instance, includes the river Cenchrius, the nature of Mount Pion, and the Halitaea spring. In the Milesian land there is the spring called Byblis, together with all that poets recount concerning the love of Byblis. Near Colophon stands the grove of Apollo with ash trees, and not far from the grove flows the river Ales, the coldest of all rivers in Ionia.

Proper Nouns

Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Byblis (Βιβλὶς) person
Kenchrios (Κέγχριος) place Q137004293
Colophon (Κολοφαίων) place Q1142488
Miletus (Μίλητος) place Q169460
Pion (Πίων) place
Halitaia (Ἁλιταία) place Q137003902
Ales (Ἄλης) place Q16482745
Ephesian land (Ephesus) (Ἐφεσία χώρα) place
Ionia (Ἰωνία) place Q620874
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