Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.53.3

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Passage 8.53.3: Mourning rites for Skephros at Tegea

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

καὶ Λειμῶνα μὲν τοξευθέντα ὑπὸ Ἀρτέμιδος περιῆλθεν αὐτίκα ἡ δίκη τοῦ φόνου· Τεγεάτης δὲ καὶ Μαιρὰ τὸ μὲν παραυτίκα Ἀπόλλωνι καὶ Ἀρτέμιδι θύουσιν, ὕστερον δὲ ἐπιλαβούσης ἀκαρπίας ἰσχυρᾶς ἦλθε μάντευμα ἐκ Δελφῶν Σκέφρον θρηνεῖν. καὶ ἄλλα τε ἐν τοῦ Ἀγυιέως τῇ ἑορτῇ δρῶσιν ἐς τιμὴν τοῦ Σκέφρου καὶ ἡ τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος ἱέρεια διώκει τινὰ ἅτε αὐτὴ τὸν Λειμῶνα ἡ Ἄρτεμις.

English Translation

Justice immediately overtook Artemis for the killing of Leimon, whom she had shot with an arrow; as for Tegeates and Maira, the people initially sacrificed to Apollo and Artemis, but later, when a severe famine overcame them, an oracle came from Delphi directing them to mourn for Skephros. At the festival of Apollo Agyieus, they perform certain rites in honor of Skephros, and among these, the priestess of Artemis pursues somebody, just as Artemis herself once pursued Leimon.

Proper Nouns

Agyieus (Ἀγυιεύς) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Leimon (Λειμῶν) person
Maira (Μαιρά) person
Also in: 8.8.1 8.48.6
Skephros (Σκέφρος) person
Also in: 8.53.2
Tegeates (Τεγεάτης) person
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
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