Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.25.4

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Passage 8.25.4: Sanctuary of Demeter Erinys at Onkeion near Thelpusa.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τούτου τὰ πολλὰ ἐς ἔδαφος ἔκειτο ἤδη. μετὰ δὲ Θέλπουσαν ἐπὶ τὸ ἱερὸν τῆς Δήμητρος ὁ Λάδων κάτεισι τὸ ἐν Ὀγκείῳ· καλοῦσι δὲ Ἐρινὺν οἱ Θελπούσιοι τὴν θεόν, ὁμολογεῖ δέ σφισι καὶ Ἀντίμαχος ἐπιστρατείαν Ἀργείων ποιήσας ἐς Θήβας· καί οἱ τὸ ἔπος ἔχει, Δήμητρος τόθι φασὶν Ἐρινύος εἶναι ἔδεθλον. Antimachus, unknown location. ὁ μὲν δὴ Ὄγκιος Ἀπόλλωνός ἐστι κατὰ τὴν φήμην καὶ ἐν τῇ Θελπουσίᾳ περὶ τὸ χωρίον ἐδυνάστευε τὸ Ὄγκιον, τῇ θεῷ δὲ Ἐρινὺς γέγονεν ἐπίκλησις·

English Translation

Most of this temple already lay in ruins. After passing Thelpusa, the river Ladon flows down toward the sanctuary of Demeter at Onkeion. The Thelpusians call the goddess Erinys (Fury), and Antimachus agrees with them, having recorded the Argives’ expedition against Thebes. He has expressed this in the verse: "There, they say, is the seat of Demeter Erinys." Of this Antimachus nothing further is known. Onkeios, according to tradition, was a surname of Apollo, who once held lordship over that region around Thelpusa called Onkeion. Yet the goddess received the surname Erinys (Fury).

Proper Nouns

Demeter (Δήμητρα) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Erinys (Ἐρινύς) deity
Thelpousians (Θελπούσιοι) other
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) other
Antimachus (Ἀντίμαχος) person
Onkios (Ὄγκιος) person
Thelpousa (Θέλπουσα) place Q1142954
Thebes (Θῆβαι) place Q11225429
Ladon (Λάδων) place Q1462727
Onkeion (Ὄγκειον) place Q29652920
Onkion (Ὄγκιον) place Q1142954
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