Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.15.9

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Passage 8.15.9: Mount Krathis is the source of the river Krathis and the site of Artemis Pyronia's fire sanctuary.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐν τούτῳ τῷ ὄρει τοῦ ποταμοῦ τοῦ Κράθιδός εἰσιν αἱ πηγαί· ῥεῖ δὲ ἐς θάλασσαν παρὰ Αἰγάς, ἔρημον τὰ ἐπʼ ἐμοῦ χωρίον, τὰ δὲ παλαιότερα Ἀχαιῶν πόλιν. ἀπὸ τούτου δὲ καλεῖται τοῦ Κράθιδος καὶ ἐν Ἰταλίᾳ ποταμὸς ἐν γῇ τῇ Βρεττίων· ἐν δὲ τῇ Κράθιδι τῷ ὄρει Πυρωνίας ἱερόν ἐστιν Ἀρτέμιδος, καὶ τὰ ἔτι ἀρχαιότερα παρὰ τῆς θεοῦ ταύτης ἐπήγοντο Ἀργεῖοι πῦρ ἐς τὰ Λερναῖα.

English Translation

On this mountain are the springs of the river Krathis, which flows into the sea near Aegae—a place deserted in my time, but formerly a city of the Achaeans. From this Krathis, a river in Italy, too, in the land of the Brettians, takes its name. On Mount Krathis there is also a sanctuary of Artemis Pyronia, and in still earlier times the Argives used to carry fire from this goddess to the Lernaean festival.

Proper Nouns

Artemis (Ἀρτέμις) deity
Lernaia/Lernaean (Λερναῖα) other
Brettii (Βρέττιοι) person
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) person
Achaeans (Ἀχαιοί) person
Aegae (Αἰγαί) place Q16963755
Krathis (Κράθις) place Q6436394
Also in: 7.25.12 7.25.13
Pyronia (Πυρωνία) place Q107305496
Italy (Ἰταλία) place Q913582
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