Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.44.2

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Passage 8.44.2: Oresthasion and its sanctuary of Artemis Hiereia

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

μετὰ δὲ Αἱμονιὰς ἐν δεξιᾷ τῆς ὁδοῦ πόλεώς ἐστιν Ὀρεσθασίου καὶ ἄλλα ὑπολειπόμενα ἐς μνήμην καὶ Ἀρτέμιδος ἱεροῦ κίονες ἔτι· ἐπίκλησις δὲ Ἱέρεια τῇ Ἀρτέμιδί ἐστι. τὴν δὲ εὐθεῖαν ἰόντι ἐξ Αἱμονιῶν Ἀφροδίσιόν τέ ἐστιν ὀνομαζόμενον καὶ μετʼ αὐτὸ ἄλλο χωρίον τὸ Ἀθήναιον· τούτου δὲ ἐν ἀριστερᾷ ναός ἐστιν Ἀθηνᾶς καὶ ἄγαλμα ἐν αὐτῷ λίθου.

English Translation

After Haimoniai, on the right-hand side of the road is the city Oresthasion, with other ruins remaining as memorials, and columns still standing of a sanctuary dedicated to Artemis; the epithet of Artemis there is Hiereia ("Priestess"). Proceeding straight ahead from Haimoniai there is a place called Aphrodision, and following that another place named Athenaios. On the left side of this place stands a temple of Athena, and within it a statue made from stone.

Proper Nouns

Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Hiereia (Ἱέρεια) other
Haimonia (Αἱμονίη) place Q39081796
Athenæum (Ἀθήναιον) place Q60791625
Aphrodision (Ἀφροδίσιον) place Q60791607
Also in: 8.25.1
Oresthasion (Ὀρέσθασιον) place Q7101662
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