Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.35.5

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Passage 8.35.5: Roads and ruins near Megalopolis: Skias, Artemis Skiatis shrine, Charisiai, Trikolonoi.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

εἰσὶ δὲ ἐκ Μεγάλης πόλεως καὶ ἐς τὰ χωρία ὁδοὶ τὰ ἐντὸς Ἀρκαδίας, ἐς μὲν Μεθύδριον ἑβδομήκοντα στάδιοι καὶ ἑκατόν, τρισὶ δὲ ἀπὸ Μεγάλης πόλεως ἀπωτέρω σταδίοις καὶ δέκα Σκιάς τε καλούμενον χωρίον καὶ Ἀρτέμιδος Σκιάτιδος ἐρείπιά ἐστιν ἱεροῦ· ποιῆσαι δὲ αὐτὸ ἐλέγετο Ἀριστόδημος ὁ τυραννήσας. ἐντεῦθεν μετὰ σταδίους ὡς δέκα πόλεως Χαρισιῶν ὑπομνήματά ἐστιν οὐ πολλά, σταδίων δὲ ἄλλων δέκα ἐστὶν ἀπὸ Χαρισιῶν ἐς Τρικολώνους ὁδός.

English Translation

From Megalopolis there are also roads leading to other places within Arcadia: to Methydrium the distance is one hundred and seventy stadia. About thirteen stadia farther from Megalopolis is a place named Skias, and there are ruins of a sanctuary dedicated to Artemis Skiatis, which Aristodemus, who was once tyrant, is said to have founded. About ten stadia from there are some slight remains of the city Charisiai; from Charisiai it is another ten stadia to Trikolonoi.

Proper Nouns

Skiatis (Σκιάτις) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Aristodemos (Ἀριστόδημος) person
Megalopolis (Μεγάλη Πόλις) place Q36024972
Methydrion (Μεθύδριον) place Q60790161
Skiai (Σκιαί) place
Trikolones (Τρίκολωνοι) place Q16331632
Charisiai (Χαρῖσιαι) place Q50965104
Arcadia (Ἀρκαδία) place Q12898802
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