Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.35.7

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Passage 8.35.7: Sanctuaries of Demeter and Artemis at Zoitia

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἔρημοι δὲ καὶ ἐς ἐμὲ ἦσαν ἀμφότεραι· μένει δὲ ἐν Ζοιτίᾳ Δήμητρος ναὸς καὶ Ἀρτέμιδος οἳ καὶ ἐς ἐμὲ ἦσαν . ἐρείπια δὲ πόλεων καὶ ἄλλα, Θυραίου μὲν σταδίοις πέντε ἀπωτέρω Παρωρίας καὶ δέκα, τὰ δὲ Ὑψοῦντός ἐστιν ἐν ὄρει κειμένῳ μὲν ὑπὲρ τοῦ πεδίου, καλουμένῳ δὲ Ὑψοῦντι. ἡ δὲ Θυραίου τε καὶ Ὑψοῦντος μεταξὺ ὀρεινὴ πᾶσά ἐστι καὶ θηριώδης· Λυκάονος δὲ εἶναι Θυραῖόν τε καὶ Ὑψοῦντα προεδήλωσεν ἡμῖν ὁ λόγος.

English Translation

Both were deserted even in my day. Yet, in Zoitia remain sanctuaries of Demeter and Artemis, which endured still into my own time. There exist also other ruins of cities: Thyraeum, at a distance of five stadia farther away, and Paroria at ten; while the remains of Hypsus stand upon a mountain situated above the plain, called Hypsus. The territory lying between Thyraeum and Hypsus is entirely mountainous and full of wild animals. Tradition has previously declared to us that both Thyraeum and Hypsus were founded by Lycaon.

Proper Nouns

Demeter (Δήμητρα) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Lycaon (Λυκάων) person
Zoitia (Ζοιτία) place Q8073335
Also in: 8.35.6
Thyraion (Θυραίον) place Q7799665
Paroria (Παρωρία) place Q3605950
Also in: 8.35.6
Hypsous (Ὑψοῦν) place Q12885662
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