Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.26.1

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Passage 8.26.1: Heraea, founded by Heraeus, on the Alpheius, with baths and Dionysian temples.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἡραιεῦσι δὲ οἰκιστὴς μὲν γέγονεν Ἡραιεὺς ὁ Λυκάονος, κεῖται δὲ ἡ πόλις ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ Ἀλφειοῦ, τὰ μὲν πολλὰ ἐν ἠρέμα προσάντει, τὰ δὲ καὶ ἐπʼ αὐτὸν καθήκει τὸν Ἀλφειόν. δρόμοι τε παρὰ τῷ ποταμῷ πεποίηνται μυρσίναις καὶ ἄλλοις ἡμέροις διακεκριμένοι δένδροις, καὶ τὰ λουτρὰ αὐτόθι, εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ Διονύσῳ ναοί· τὸν μὲν καλοῦσιν αὐτῶν Πολίτην, τὸν δὲ Αὐξίτην, καὶ οἴκημά ἐστί σφισιν ἔνθα τῷ Διονύσῳ τὰ

English Translation

The founder of Heraea was Heraeus, son of Lycaon. The city lies on the right bank of the Alpheius river, for the most part occupying gently rising slopes, though in some places descending right down to the Alpheius itself. Alongside the river there are promenades planted with myrtle trees and other cultivated trees. Here also are baths, and temples dedicated to Dionysus; one of them they call Polites ("the Citizen"), the other Auxites ("the Growth-Giver"). They have, moreover, a building in which they hold festivities for Dionysus.

Proper Nouns

Auxites (Αὐξίτης) deity
Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Polites (Πολίτης) deity
Lycaon (Λυκάων) person
Heraieus (Ἡραιεύς) person
Alpheios (Ἀλφειός) place Q941745
Heraieis (Ἡραιεῖς) place Q108480713
Also in: 8.25.12
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