Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.24.12

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Passage 8.24.12: Temple and statue of the river-god Erymanthus at Psophis.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ψωφιδίοις δὲ καὶ παρὰ τῷ Ἐρυμάνθῳ ναός ἐστιν Ἐρυμάνθου καὶ ἄγαλμα. ποιεῖται δὲ πλὴν τοῦ Αἰγυπτίου Νείλου ποταμοῖς τοῖς ἄλλοις λίθου λευκοῦ τὰ ἀγάλματα· τῷ Νείλῳ δέ, ἅτε διὰ τῆς Αἰθιόπων κατιόντι ἐς θάλασσαν, μέλανος λίθου τὰ ἀγάλματα ἐργάζεσθαι νομίζουσιν.

English Translation

The people of Psophis have beside the Erymanthus river a temple and statue of Erymanthus. Statues of rivers are made from white marble for all rivers except the Egyptian Nile; the Nile alone, because it flows through Ethiopia on its way down to the sea, is believed to have its statues fashioned of black stone.

Proper Nouns

Ethiopians (Αἰθίοπες) person
Egypt (Αἴγυπτος) place Q79 Pleiades
Nile (Νεῖλος) place Q3392
Psophis (Ψωφίδες) place Q1187304
Erymanthos (Ἐρύμανθος) place Q1363703
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