Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.12.2

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Passage 8.12.2: The cave of the hero Alcimedon on Mount Ostrakina above the plain Alcimedon.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐς Μεθύδριον δὲ πόλιν μὲν οὐκέτι, κώμην δὲ ἐς τὸ Μεγαλοπολιτικὸν συντελοῦσαν, ἐς τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ Μεθύδριον ἐκ Μαντινείας ὁδός. προελθόντι δὲ σταδίους τριάκοντα πεδίον τε ὀνομαζόμενον Ἀλκιμέδων καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ πεδίου τὸ ὄρος ἐστὶν ἡ Ὀστρακίνα, ἐν δὲ αὐτῷ σπήλαιον, ἔνθα ᾤκησεν Ἀλκιμέδων, ἀνὴρ τῶν καλουμένων ἡρώων.

English Translation

From Mantineia there is a road to Methydrium—a place that is no longer a city, but now merely a village incorporated into the territory of Megalopolis. Thirty stades further along, there is a plain called Alcimedon, and above this plain rises Mount Ostrakina. On the mountain is a cave, where Alcimedon, one of those called heroes, dwelt.

Proper Nouns

Alkimedon (Ἀλκιμέδων) person
Also in: 8.12.3
Mantineia (Μαντινεία) place Q1160195
Megalopolitan (territory) (Μεγαλοπολιτικόν) place
Methydrion (Μεθύδριον) place Q60790161
Ostrakina (Ὀστρακίνα) place Q24992937
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