Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.47.4

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Passage 8.47.4: Aleaia stadium and Halotia contest marking the capture of Lacedaemonians.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

τοῦ ναοῦ δὲ οὐ πόρρω στάδιον χῶμα γῆς ἐστι, καὶ ἄγουσιν ἀγῶνας ἐνταῦθα, Ἀλεαῖα ὀνομάζοντες ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς, τὸν δὲ Ἁλώτια, ὅτι Λακεδαιμονίων τὸ πολὺ ἐν τῇ μάχῃ ζῶντας εἷλον. ἔστι δὲ ἐν τοῖς πρὸς ἄρκτον τοῦ ναοῦ κρήνη, καὶ ἐπὶ ταύτῃ βιασθῆναι τῇ κρήνῃ φασὶν Αὔγην ὑπὸ Ἡρακλέους, οὐχ ὁμολογοῦντες Ἑκαταίῳ τὰ ἐς αὐτήν. ἀπωτέρω δὲ τῆς κρήνης ὅσον σταδίοις τρισίν ἐστιν Ἑρμοῦ ναὸς Αἰπύτου.

English Translation

Not far from the temple is an earthen mound serving as a stadium, and here they hold games, called Aleaia after Athena, but one contest is named Halotia ("Prize of Capture"), because in battle they took most of the Lacedaemonians there alive. To the north of the temple stands a fountain; they say that at this fountain Auge was forced by Heracles, though they do not agree with Hecataeus regarding her. At about three stades beyond the fountain stands a temple of Hermes of Aepytus.

Proper Nouns

Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Hermes (Ἑρμῆς) deity
Aleaea (Ἀλεαῖα) other
Halotia (Ἁλώτια) other
Aipytos (Αἴπυτος) person
Auge (Αὐγή) person Q159948
Also in: 8.4.9
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Hecataeus (Ἑκαταῖος) person
Also in: 3.25.5 4.2.3 8.4.9
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person
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