Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.44.5

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Passage 8.44.5: Pallantium: temple and statues of Pallas, Evander, Kore, and its acropolis.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τὸ δὲ ὀνομαζόμενον Χῶμα ὅροι Μεγαλοπολίταις τῆς γῆς πρὸς Τεγεάτας καὶ Παλλαντιεῖς εἰσι· καὶ τὸ Παλλαντικὸν πεδίον ἐστὶν ἐκτραπεῖσιν ἐς ἀριστερὰν ἀπὸ τοῦ Χώματος. ἐν δὲ Παλλαντίῳ ναός τε καὶ ἀγάλματα λίθου Πάλλαντος, τὸ δὲ ἕτερόν ἐστιν Εὐάνδρου· καὶ Κόρης τε τῆς Δήμητρος ἱερὸν καὶ οὐ πολὺ ἀπωτέρω Πολυβίου σφίσιν ἀνδριάς ἐστι. τῷ λόφῳ δὲ τῷ ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως ὅσα ἀκροπόλει τὸ ἀρχαῖον ἐχρῶντο· λείπεται δὲ καὶ ἐς ἡμᾶς ἔτι ἐπὶ κορυφῇ τοῦ λόφου θεῶν ἱερόν.

English Translation

The place called the Mound ("Choma") marks the Megalopolitans’ boundary toward the land of the Tegeans and Pallantians. Turning left from the Mound, one reaches the Pallantian plain. In Pallantium, there is a temple and stone images, one of Pallas and another of Evander; there is also a sanctuary of Kore, the daughter of Demeter, and not far from it a statue of Polybius. On the hill above the city are the remains of what was formerly used as the acropolis; even today, on its summit, there still stands a sanctuary of the gods.

Proper Nouns

Demeter (Δήμητρ) deity
Kore (Κόρη) deity
Evander (Εὔανδρος) person
Also in: 8.43.2
Megalopolitans (Μεγαλοπολῖται) person
Pallas (Πάλλας) person
Pallanteis (Παλλαντεῖς) person
Polybius (Πολύβιος) person
Tegeans (Τεγεᾶται) person
Pallantion (Παλλάντιον) place Q11939941
Pallantion Plain (Παλλαντικόν πεδίον) place
Choma (Χῶμα) place
Also in: 8.44.1 8.44.7
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