Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.12.5

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Passage 8.12.5: Stadium Ladas at Orchomenus and a mound said to be Penelope's tomb.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

ἐπὶ δὲ ὁδοῖς ταῖς κατειλεγμέναις δύο ἐς Ὀρχομενόν εἰσιν ἄλλαι, καὶ τῇ μέν ἐστι καλούμενον Λάδα στάδιον, ἐς ὃ ἐποιεῖτο Λάδας μελέτην δρόμου, καὶ παρʼ αὐτὸ ἱερὸν Ἀρτέμιδος καὶ ἐν δεξιᾷ τῆς ὁδοῦ γῆς χῶμα ὑψηλόν· Πηνελόπης δὲ εἶναι τάφον φασίν, οὐχ ὁμολογοῦντες τὰ ἐς αὐτὴν ποιήσει τῇ Θεσπρωτίδι ὀνομαζομένῃ.

English Translation

Besides these named roads, there are two other ways to Orchomenus. On one of them is the stadium called Ladas, in which Ladas trained himself in running. Next to it is a sanctuary of Artemis, and on the right side of the road a high earthen mound. They claim this mound is the tomb of Penelope, although they do not agree with the account given about her in the poem entitled Thesprotis.

Proper Nouns

Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Ladas (Λάδας) person
Also in: 2.19.7 3.21.1
Penelope (Πηνελόπη) person
Thesprotis (Θεσπρωτίς) place Q119039542
Ladas (Λάς) place
Orchomenus (Ὀρχομενός) place Q13574822
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