Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.14.4

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Passage 8.14.4: Pheneos: steep acropolis and ruined temple of Athena Tritonia

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τῶν βαράθρων δὲ τῶν ἐν τοῖς εἰρημένοις πεποιημένων ὄρεσιν ἀπωτέρω πεντήκοντά που σταδίοις ἐστὶν ἡ πόλις· οἰκιστὴν δὲ οἱ Φενεᾶται λέγουσιν ἄνδρα αὐτόχθονα εἶναι Φενεόν. ἔστι δέ σφισιν ἀκρόπολις ἀπότομος πανταχόθεν, τὰ μὲν πολλὰ ἔχουσα οὕτως, ὀλίγα δὲ αὐτῆς καὶ ὠχυρώσαντο ὑπὲρ ἀσφαλείας. ἐνταῦθα ἐν τῇ ἀκροπόλει ναός ἐστιν Ἀθηνᾶς ἐπίκλησιν Τριτωνίας, ἐρείπια δὲ ἐλείπετο αὐτοῦ μόνα·

English Translation

About fifty stades away from the chasms formed in the mountains I have mentioned lies the city. According to the Pheneatians, their founder was an indigenous man named Pheneos. Their citadel stands steep on all sides; in most places, this natural steepness suffices as a defense, though in a few spots they have additionally fortified it for safety. Within the acropolis there is a temple of Athena, surnamed Tritonia, of which only ruins remained.

Proper Nouns

Tritonia (Τριτωνία) deity
Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Pheneos (Φενεός) person
Pheneatae (Φενεᾶται) person
Also in: 8.18.7
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