Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.45.4

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Passage 8.45.4: The temple of Athena Alea at Tegea was destroyed by fire.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Τεγεάταις δὲ Ἀθηνᾶς τῆς Ἀλέας τὸ ἱερὸν τὸ ἀρχαῖον ἐποίησεν Ἄλεος· χρόνῳ δὲ ὕστερον κατεσκευάσαντο οἱ Τεγεᾶται τῇ θεῷ ναὸν μέγαν τε καὶ θέας ἄξιον. ἐκεῖνο μὲν δὴ πῦρ ἠφάνισεν ἐπινεμηθὲν ἐξαίφνης, Διοφάντου παρʼ Ἀθηναίοις ἄρχοντος, δευτέρῳ δὲ ἔτει τῆς ἕκτης καὶ ἐνενηκοστῆς Ὀλυμπιάδος, ἣν Εὐπόλεμος Ἠλεῖος ἐνίκα στάδιον.

English Translation

For the Tegeans, Aleos built the ancient sanctuary of Athena Alea. Later, in the course of time, the Tegeans constructed for the goddess a temple that was large and worthy of admiration. But this temple was suddenly destroyed by fire spreading swiftly, during the archonship of Diophantus at Athens, in the second year of the ninety-sixth Olympiad, in which Eupolemos of Elis won the stadion race.

Proper Nouns

Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Alea (Ἀλέα) deity
Olympiad (Ὀλυμπιάς) other
Diophantos (Διόφαντος) person Q91017965
Eupolemos (Εὐπόλεμος) person Q5851992
Also in: 2.17.3 6.3.7
Tegeans (Τεγεάται) person
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Aleus (Ἄλεος) person
Eleians (Ἠλεῖος) person
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