Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.32.2

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Passage 8.32.2: Sanctuary of the Muses, Apollo, and Hermes; ruined sanctuary of Aphrodite with three statues.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τὸ δὲ τῶν Μουσῶν Ἀπόλλωνός τε ἱερὸν καὶ Ἑρμοῦ, κατασκευασθέν σφισιν ἐν κοινῷ, παρείχετο δὲ ἐς μνήμην θεμέλια οὐ πολλά· ἦν δὲ καὶ τῶν Μουσῶν μία ἔτι καὶ Ἀπόλλωνος ἄγαλμα κατὰ τοὺς Ἑρμᾶς τοὺς τετραγώνους τέχνην. ἐρείπια δὲ καὶ τῆς Ἀφροδίτης ἦν τὸ ἱερὸν, πλὴν ὅσον πρόναός τε ἐλείπετο ἔτι καὶ ἀγάλματα ἀριθμὸν τρία, ἐπίκλησις δὲ Οὐρανία, τῇ δʼ ἔστι Πάνδημος, τῇ τρίτῃ δὲ οὐδὲν ἐτίθεντο·

English Translation

The sanctuary of the Muses, Apollo, and Hermes, constructed jointly for these deities, now offers few foundations to recall its existence. Still standing, however, was one statue of the Muses and another of Apollo, each crafted in the manner of square-shaped Herms. There also lay in ruins the sanctuary of Aphrodite, apart from part of the pronaos still surviving and three statues remaining within; one of these had the surname Ourania ("Heavenly"), another Pandemos ("Common"), while the third bore no name at all.

Proper Nouns

Muse (Μοῦσα) deity
Ourania (Οὐρανία) deity
Pandemos (Πάνδημος) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Hermes (Ἑρμῆς) deity
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