Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.13.2

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Passage 8.13.2: Orchomenus: ancient hilltop city with spring, Poseidon and Aphrodite sanctuaries, Artemis Cedreatis.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ὀρχομενίοις δὲ ἡ προτέρα πόλις ἐπὶ ὄρους ἦν ἄκρᾳ τῇ κορυφῇ, καὶ ἀγορᾶς τε καὶ τειχῶν ἐρείπια λείπεται· τὴν δὲ ἐφʼ ἡμῶν πόλιν ὑπὸ τὸν περίβολον οἰκοῦσι τοῦ ἀρχαίου τείχους. θέας δὲ αὐτόθι ἄξια πηγή τε, ἀφʼ ἧς ὑδρεύονται, καὶ Ποσειδῶνός ἐστι καὶ Ἀφροδίτης ἱερά, λίθου δὲ τὰ ἀγάλματα. πρὸς δὲ τῇ πόλει ξόανόν ἐστιν Ἀρτέμιδος· ἵδρυται δὲ ἐν κέδρῳ μεγάλῃ, καὶ τὴν θεὸν ὀνομάζουσιν ἀπὸ τῆς κέδρου Κεδρεᾶτιν.

English Translation

The earlier city of the Orchomenians stood upon the top of a mountain summit, and remains of the agora and city walls still survive. But the city existing in our time is settled below, alongside the enclosure of the ancient wall. In this place worthy of seeing is a spring from which the inhabitants draw water, and sanctuaries of Poseidon and Aphrodite, whose statues are of stone. Near the city is a wooden image of Artemis set within a great cedar tree, and the goddess is called Cedreatis from this cedar.

Proper Nouns

Kedreatis (Κεδρεᾶτις) deity
Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) deity
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Orchomenus (Ὀρχομενός) place Q13574822
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