Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.31.9

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Passage 8.31.9: Ruins of Athena Polias and Hera Teleia above the Bathyllos spring

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τῆς στοᾶς δὲ ἣν ἀπὸ τοῦ Μακεδόνος Φιλίππου καλοῦσι, ταύτης εἰσὶ δύο ὄπισθεν λόφοι, οὐκ ἐς ὕψος ἀνήκοντες· ἐρείπια δὲ Ἀθηνᾶς ἱεροῦ Πολιάδος ἐπὶ αὐτῷ, καὶ τῷ ἑτέρῳ ναός ἐστιν Ἥρας Τελείας, ὁμοίως καὶ ταῦτα ἐρείπια. ὑπὸ τούτῳ τῷ λόφῳ Βάθυλλος καλουμένη πηγὴ συντελεῖ καὶ αὕτη τῷ ποταμῷ Ἑλισσόντι ἐς μέγεθος.

English Translation

Behind the colonnade called after Philip of Macedon are two hills, neither of considerable height. On one of these stand the ruins of a sanctuary of Athena Polias, and upon the other hill is a temple of Hera Teleia—this too now lies in ruins. Beneath this second hill is a spring called Bathyllos, which also contributes significantly to the size of the river Helisson.

Proper Nouns

Polias (Πολιάς) deity
Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Hera Teleia (Ἥρα Τελεία) deity
Bathyllos (Βάθυλλος) other
Philip the Macedonian (Φίλιππος ὁ Μακεδών) person
Elisson (Ἑλισσός) place Q15137556
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