Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.31.1

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Passage 8.31.1: Enclosure of the Great Goddesses (Demeter and the Maiden).

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τὸ δὲ ἕτερον πέρας τῆς στοᾶς παρέχεται τὸ πρὸς ἡλίου δυσμῶν περίβολον θεῶν ἱερὸν τῶν Μεγάλων. αἱ δέ εἰσιν αἱ Μεγάλαι θεαὶ Δημήτηρ καὶ Κόρη, καθότι ἐδήλωσα ἤδη καὶ ἐν τῇ Μεσσηνίᾳ συγγραφῇ· τὴν Κόρην δὲ Σώτειραν καλοῦσιν οἱ Ἀρκάδες. ἐπειργασμένοι δὲ ἐπὶ τύπων πρὸ τῆς ἐσόδου τῇ μὲν Ἄρτεμις, τῇ δὲ Ἀσκληπιός ἐστι καὶ Ὑγεία.

English Translation

At the other end of the colonnade, towards the west, is an enclosure sacred to the Great Goddesses. Now, these Great Goddesses are Demeter and the Maiden, as I have previously mentioned in my account of Messenia; however, the Arcadians call the Maiden "Saviour." In relief sculptures in front of the entrance, Artemis is depicted on one side, and on the other side are Asclepius and Hygieia.

Proper Nouns

Demeter (Δημήτηρ) deity
Kore (Κόρη) deity
Great Goddesses (Megalai Theai) (Μεγάλαι) deity
Great Goddesses (Μεγάλαι θεαί) deity
Also in: 4.27.6 8.31.2
Soteira (Σώτειρα) deity
Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Helios (ἥλιος) deity
Hygeia (Ὑγεία) deity
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) other
Messenia (Μεσσηνία) place Q1247159
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