Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.48.6

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Passage 8.48.6: Altar of Zeus Teleios and tombs of Tegeates and Maera

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

πεποίηται δὲ καὶ Διὸς Τελείου βωμὸς καὶ ἄγαλμα τετράγωνον· περισσῶς γὰρ δή τι τῷ σχήματι τούτῳ φαίνονταί μοι χαίρειν οἱ Ἀρκάδες. καὶ μνήματά ἐστιν ἐνταῦθα Τεγεάτου τοῦ Λυκάονος καὶ Μαιρᾶς γυναικὸς τοῦ Τεγεάτου· θυγατέρα Ἄτλαντός φασιν εἶναι τὴν Μαιράν, ἧς δὴ καὶ Ὅμηρος ἐποιήσατο μνήμην ἐν Ὀδυσσέως λόγοις πρὸς Ἀλκίνουν περί τε ὁδοῦ τῆς ἐς Ἅιδην καὶ ὁπόσων ἐθεάσατο ἐκεῖ τὰς ψυχάς.

English Translation

There is also an altar of Zeus Teleios, and his image is square-shaped; indeed, the Arcadians seem to me particularly fond of this particular form. Here also are the tombs of Tegeates, son of Lycaon, and of Maera, the wife of Tegeates. They say Maera was a daughter of Atlas, and Homer himself made mention of her in Odysseus' account to Alcinous concerning his journey to Hades and the souls he beheld there.

Proper Nouns

Zeus Teleios (Ζεὺς Τέλειος) deity
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) people
Lycaon (Λυκάων) person
Maira (Μαιρά) person
Also in: 8.8.1 8.53.3
Tegeates (Τεγεάτης) person
Alcinous (Ἀλκίνοος) person
Also in: 5.19.9
Atlas (Ἄτλας) person
Odysseus (Ὀδυσσεύς) person
Homer (Ὅμηρος) person
Hades (Ἅιδης) place Q1521549
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