Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.30.1

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Passage 8.30.1: The Elisson river joining the Alpheios near Megale.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ὁ δὲ Ἑλισσὼν οὗτος ἀρχόμενος ἐκ κώμης ὁμωνύμου ---καὶ γὰρ τῇ κώμῃ τὸ ὄνομα Ἑλισσών ἐστι---τήν τε Διπαιέων καὶ τὴν Λυκαιᾶτιν χώραν, τρίτα δὲ αὐτὴν διεξελθὼν Μεγάλην πόλιν, εἴκοσι σταδίοις ἀπωτέρω Μεγαλοπολιτῶν τοῦ ἄστεως κάτεισιν ἐς τὸν Ἀλφειόν. πλησίον δὲ ἤδη τῆς πόλεως Ποσειδῶνός ἐστιν Ἐπόπτου ναός· ἐλείπετο δὲ τοῦ ἀγάλματος ἡ κεφαλή.

English Translation

This Elisson river rises from a village of the same name—for indeed the village is also called Elisson—and flows through the territories of the Dipaeans and the Lycaeatae, and thirdly passing through the city of Megale, it joins the Alpheios twenty stadia from the city of the Megalopolitans. Near the city is a temple dedicated to Poseidon Epoptês; the head of his statue was missing.

Proper Nouns

Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) deity
Epoptes (Ἔπόπτης) other
Dipaioi (Διπαῖοι) place
Lykaion (Λυκάονα) place Q1878690
Megalopolis (Μεγάλη πόλις) place Q36024972
Megalopolitans (Μεγαλοπολίται) place
Also in: 8.27.11
city (ἄστυ) place Q1750414
Alpheios (Ἀλφειός) place Q941745
Elisson (Ἑλισσών) place Q3723337
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