Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.36.7

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Passage 8.36.7: Lykóa ruins with Artemis temple and bronze statue on Mount Nainalion

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τριάκοντα δέ ἐστιν ἀπωτέρω σταδίοις Παλίσκιος ὀνομαζομένη χώρα· ἐκ Παλισκίου δὲ ἀφιέντι μὲν ἐν ἀριστερᾷ τὸν Ἔλαφον ὄντα οὐκ ἀέναον καὶ προελθόντι ὅσον εἴκοσι σταδίους, ἄλλα τε ἐρείπια Περαιθέων καὶ ἱερὸν λείπεται Πανός. ἢν δὲ τὸν χειμάρρουν διαβῇς, κατʼ εὐθὺ πέντε μὲν σταδίοις καὶ δέκα ἀπωτέρω τοῦ ποταμοῦ πεδίον ἐστί, διελθόντι δὲ τοῦτο, τὸ ὄρος ὁμώνυμον τῷ πεδίῳ τὸ Ναινάλιον. τοῦ δὲ ὄρους ὑπὸ τοῖς καταλήγουσι πόλεως σημεῖα Λυκόας καὶ Ἀρτέμιδος ἱερὸν καὶ ἄγαλμά ἐστι χαλκοῦν Λυκοάτιδος·

English Translation

Thirty stadia farther on lies a district called Paliskios. From Paliskios, if one leaves the river Elaphos, which is not perennial, on the left and proceeds about twenty stadia, one finds among other ruins those of Peraethae and a sanctuary of Pan. But if one crosses the torrent, straight ahead fifteen stadia beyond the river there is a plain, and after crossing this plain one reaches Mount Nainalion, bearing the same name as the plain. At the foot of the mountain, along its slopes, there are remains of the city Lykóa, a temple of Artemis, and a bronze statue of Artemis Lykoatis.

Proper Nouns

Lykoatis (Λυκοᾶτις) deity
Pan (Πάν) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Lykoa (Λυκόα) place Q11934312
Also in: 8.3.4
Nainalion (Ναινάλιον) place
Paliskios (Παλίσκιος) place Q112336192
Peraithoi (Περαιθέων) place
Elaphos (Ἔλαφος) place Q113240931
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