Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.36.3

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Passage 8.36.3: Rhea's sacred cave on Mount Lykaion, where Zeus was born and Kronos was deceived.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

καὶ τεκεῖν μὲν συγχωροῦσιν αὐτὴν ἐν μοίρᾳ τινὶ τοῦ Λυκαίου, τὴν δὲ ἐς τὸν Κρόνον ἀπάτην καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ παιδὸς τὴν λεγομένην ὑπὸ Ἑλλήνων ἀντίδοσιν τοῦ λίθου γενέσθαι φασὶν ἐνταῦθα. ἔστι δὲ πρὸς τῇ κορυφῇ τοῦ ὄρους σπήλαιον τῆς Ῥέας, καὶ ἐς αὐτὸ ὅτι μὴ γυναιξὶ μόναις ἱεραῖς τῆς θεοῦ ἀνθρώπων γε οὐδενὶ ἐσελθεῖν ἔστι τῶν ἄλλων.

English Translation

They agree that she gave birth on some part of Mount Lykaion, and also say that it was here that occurred the deception against Kronos and the substitution of the stone for the child, a substitution called by the Greeks an "antidosis." Near the summit of the mountain there is a cave sacred to Rhea, into which none may enter among men, except only women who serve as priestesses to the goddess.

Proper Nouns

Cronus (Κρόνος) deity
Rhea (Ῥέα) deity
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Lykaion (Λύκαιον) place Q1878690
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