Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.35.3

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Passage 8.35.3: Road from Megalopolis to Lacedaemon via the Alpheius and Phalaisiai.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἡ δὲ ἐς Λακεδαίμονα ἐκ Μεγάλης πόλεως ὁδὸς ἐπὶ μὲν τὸν Ἀλφειὸν στάδιοι τριάκοντά εἰσιν, ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦδε παρὰ ποταμὸν ὁδεύσας Θειοῦντα---κάτεισι δὲ καὶ ὁ Θειοῦς οὗτος ἐς τὸν Ἀλφειόν---, ἀπολιπὼν οὖν τὸν Θειοῦντα ἐν ἀριστερᾷ σταδίοις ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀλφειοῦ τεσσαράκοντα ἥξεις μάλιστα ἐς Φαλαισίας· ἀπέχουσι δὲ αἱ Φαλαισίαι σταδίους εἴκοσι τοῦ Ἑρμαίου τοῦ κατὰ Βελεμίναν.

English Translation

The road that leads from Megalopolis to Lacedaemon extends for thirty stades to the Alpheius. From there, continuing along the river, one reaches the river Theius—this Theius also flows into the Alpheius. Leaving the Theius on the left and proceeding approximately forty stades from the Alpheius, one arrives at Phalaisiai. Phalaisiai stands twenty stades from Hermaion, near Belemina.

Proper Nouns

Belemina (Βελεμίνα) place Q16537117
Also in: 3.21.3 8.35.4
Theius (Θειοῦς) place
Lacedaemon (Λακεδαίμων) place Q5690 Pleiades
Megalopolis (Μεγάλη πόλις) place Q36024972
Phalaesia (Φαλαισία) place Q60791911
Phalaesiai (Φαλαισίαι) place Q60791911
Alpheios (Ἀλφειός) place Q941745
Hermaios (Ἑρμαῖος) place Q125256718
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