Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.24.6

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Passage 8.24.6: Sanctuary of Erycine Aphrodite at Psophis, now in ruins.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

Ψωφιδίοις δὲ ἐν τῇ πόλει τοῦτο μὲν Ἀφροδίτης ἱερὸν Ἐρυκίνης ἐστὶν ἐπίκλησιν--- ἧς ἐρείπια ἐφʼ ἡμῶν ἐλείπετο αὐτοῦ μόνα, ἐλέγοντο δὲ οἱ Ψωφῖδος αὐτὸ ἱδρύσασθαι παῖδες, καὶ ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τὸ εἰκὸς πρόσεστι· ἔστι γὰρ καὶ ἐν Σικελίᾳ τῆς Ἐρυκίνης ἱερὸν ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ τῇ Ἔρυκος, ἁγιώτατόν τε ἐκ παλαιοτάτου καὶ οὐκ ἀποδέον πλούτῳ τοῦ ἱεροῦ τοῦ ἐν Πάφῳ---

English Translation

In the city of Psophis, there is a sanctuary of Aphrodite surnamed Erycina; in our time, only its ruins remained. It was said that the sanctuary had been founded by the children of Psophis, a statement which is plausible, for also in Sicily, in the territory of Eryx, there is a sanctuary of Erycine Aphrodite, renowned for its great antiquity and scarcely inferior in wealth to the sanctuary at Paphos.

Proper Nouns

Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Erycine (Ἐρυκίνη) deity
Psophidians (Ψωφιδιοί) person
Paphos (Πάφος) place Q22988494
Also in: 8.5.2 8.53.7
Sicily (Σικελία) place Q1460
Psophis (Ψωφῖς) place Q1187304
Also in: 8.24.7 8.24.13
Eryx (Ἔρυξ) place Q2275983
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