Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.26.5

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Passage 8.26.5: Aliphera: site reached from Heraia; largely abandoned

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἔστι δὲ Ἀλίφηρα πόλισμα οὐ μέγα· ἐξελείφθη γὰρ ὑπὸ οἰκητόρων πολλῶν ὑπὸ τὸν συνοικισμὸν τῶν Ἀρκάδων ἐς Μεγάλην πόλιν. ἐς τοῦτο οὖν τὸ πόλισμα ἐρχόμενος ἐξ Ἡραίας τόν τε Ἀλφειὸν διαβήσῃ καὶ σταδίων μάλιστά που δέκα διελθὼν πεδίον ἐπὶ ὄρος ἀφίξῃ καὶ αὖθις στάδια ὅσον τριάκοντα ἐς τὸ πόλισμα ἀναβήσῃ διὰ τοῦ ὄρους.

English Translation

Aliphera is a small settlement; for it was abandoned by many of its inhabitants during the gathering of the Arcadians into the Great City (Megalopolis). Coming to this town from Heraia, you cross the Alpheios, and after traveling across a plain for about ten stades, you reach a mountain. Then, you ascend the mountain about thirty stades until you arrive at the town itself.

Proper Nouns

Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) person
Megalopolis (Μεγάλη πόλις) place Q36024972
Aliphera (Ἀλίφηρα) place Q38281053
Also in: 8.27.4
Alpheios (Ἀλφειός) place Q941745
Heraia (Ἡραία) place Q3562285
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