Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.25.6

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Passage 8.25.6: Demeter surnamed Erinys and Lousia after bathing in the Ladon; wooden images with marble limbs.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τὸ μὲν δὴ παραυτίκα τὴν Δήμητρα ἐπὶ τῷ συμβάντι ἔχειν ὀργίλως, χρόνῳ δὲ ὕστερον τοῦ τε θυμοῦ παύσασθαι καὶ τῷ Λάδωνι ἐθελῆσαί φασιν αὐτὴν λούσασθαι· ἐπὶ τούτῳ καὶ ἐπικλήσεις τῇ θεῷ γεγόνασι, τοῦ μηνίματος μὲν ἕνεκα Ἐρινύς, ὅτι τὸ θυμῷ χρῆσθαι καλοῦσιν ἐρινύειν οἱ Ἀρκάδες, Λουσία δὲ ἐπὶ τῷ λούσασθαι τῷ Λάδωνι. τὰ δὲ ἀγάλματά ἐστι τὰ ἐν τῷ ναῷ ξύλου, πρόσωπα δέ σφισι καὶ χεῖρες ἄκραι καὶ πόδες εἰσὶ Παρίου λίθου·

English Translation

At first, indeed, Demeter became angry at what had happened, but later, they say, her anger abated, and she chose willingly to bathe herself in the Ladon river. For this reason, the goddess gained additional surnames: "Erinys," because among the Arcadians anger is called "erinuein," and "Lousia" due to her bathing in the Ladon. The images within the temple are made of wood, but their faces, and the ends of their hands and feet, are made of Parian marble.

Proper Nouns

Demeter (Δήμητρα) deity
Lousia (Λουσία) deity
Also in: 8.25.7
Erinys (Ἐρινύς) deity
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) person
Ladon (Λάδων) place Q1462727
Parian (Πάριος) place
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