Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.36.9

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Passage 8.36.9: Distances between the sanctuary of Despoina, the Alpheios, Macareae, Daseae, and Acacesium

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τοῦ δὲ τῆς Δεσποίνης ἱεροῦ καὶ Μεγαλοπολιτῶν τοῦ ἄστεως στάδιοι τεσσαράκοντα μεταξύ εἰσιν, ἥμισυ μὲν τῆς ὁδοῦ πρὸς τοῦ Ἀλφειοῦ τὸ ῥεῦμα· διαβάντων δὲ μετὰ μὲν δύο ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀλφειοῦ σταδίους Μακαρεῶν ἐστιν ἐρείπια, αὐτόθεν δὲ ἐς ἐρείπια ἄλλα τὰ Δασεῶν ἑπτά εἰσι στάδιοι, τοσοῦτοι δὲ ἐκ Δασεῶν πρὸς τὸν Ἀκακήσιον ὀνομαζόμενον λόφον.

English Translation

Between the sanctuary of Despoina and the city of the Megalopolitans are forty stades. Halfway along the route lies the stream of the Alpheios; after crossing, two stades from the Alpheios are the ruins of Macareae. From there, seven stades further, lie other ruins, those of Daseae. From Daseae to the hill known as Acacesium, the distance is likewise seven stades.

Proper Nouns

Despoina (Δέσποινα) deity
Dasea (Δᾶσοι) place Q5226539
Makares (Μάκαρες) place
Megalopolis (Μεγαλοπολίς) place Q36024972
Akakesios (Ἀκακήσιος) place Q21547758
Also in: 8.37.1
Alpheios (Ἀλφειός) place Q941745
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