Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.38.5

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Passage 8.38.5: Sanctuary of Pan on Mount Lykaion and the Lycaean Games

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

ἔστι δὲ ἐν τῷ Λυκαίῳ Πανός τε ἱερὸν καὶ περὶ αὐτὸ ἄλσος δένδρων καὶ ἱππόδρομός τε καὶ πρὸ αὐτοῦ στάδιον· τὸ δὲ ἀρχαῖον τῶν Λυκαίων ἦγον τὸν ἀγῶνα ἐνταῦθα. ἔστι δὲ αὐτόθι καὶ ἀνδριάντων βάθρα, οὐκ ἐπόντων ἔτι ἀνδριάντων· ἐλεγεῖον δὲ ἐπὶ τῶν βάθρων ἑνὶ Ἀστυάνακτός φησιν εἶναι τὴν εἰκόνα, τὸν δὲ Ἀστυάνακτα εἶναι γένος τῶν ἀπὸ Ἀρκάδος.

English Translation

On Mount Lykaion, there is a sanctuary of Pan with a grove of trees surrounding it, a hippodrome, and in front of it a stadium; in ancient times, the Lycaean Games were held here. There are also here pedestals for statues, although the statues themselves no longer exist. An elegiac inscription on one of these pedestals states that the statue was of Astyanax, and that this Astyanax was descended from the lineage of Arkas.

Proper Nouns

Pan (Πάν) deity
Lykaioi (Lycaeans) (Λυκαῖοι) other
Astyanax (Ἀστυάναξ) person
Lykaion (Λύκαιον) place Q1878690
Arcadia (Ἀρκαδία) place Q12898802
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