Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.31.5

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Passage 8.31.5: Enclosed sacred grove with statues of Demeter, Kore, the Great Gods, and wooden cult figures.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

τούτου δὲ ὄπισθεν τοῦ ναοῦ δένδρων ἐστὶν ἄλσος οὐ μέγα, θριγκῷ περιεχόμενον· ἐς μὲν δὴ τὸ ἐντὸς ἔσοδος οὐκ ἔστιν ἀνθρώποις, πρὸ δὲ αὐτοῦ Δήμητρος καὶ Κόρης ὅσον τε ποδῶν τριῶν εἰσιν ἀγάλματα. ἔστι δὲ ἐντὸς τοῦ περιβόλου τῶν Μεγάλων θεῶν καὶ Ἀφροδίτης ἱερόν. πρὸ μὲν δὴ τῆς ἐσόδου ξόανά ἐστιν ἀρχαῖα, Ἥρα καὶ Ἀπόλλων τε καὶ Μοῦσαι---ταῦτα κομισθῆναί φασιν ἐκ Τραπεζοῦντος---, ἀγάλματα δὲ ἐν τῷ ναῷ Δαμοφῶν

English Translation

Behind this temple is a grove of trees, not large, enclosed by a wall. There is no entrance allowed to humans into the inner part, but in front of it stand statues of Demeter and Kore, each about three feet tall. Within the enclosure there is also a sanctuary of the Great Gods and of Aphrodite. Before the entrance stand ancient wooden figures, representing Hera, Apollo, and the Muses—these, they say, were brought from Trapezus. The statues within the temple itself were made by Damophon.

Proper Nouns

Demeter (Δήμητρα) deity
Kore (Κόρη) deity
Great Gods (Μεγάλοι θεοί) deity
Muses (Μοῦσαι) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Hera (Ἥρα) deity
Damophon (Δαμοφῶν) person Q1158742
Trapezous (Τραπεζοῦς) place Q127431462
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