Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.53.7

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Passage 8.53.7: Temples and sanctuaries at Tegea.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἔστι δὲ καὶ Δήμητρος ἐν Τεγέᾳ καὶ Κόρης ναός, ἃς ἐπονομάζουσι Καρποφόρους, πλησίον δὲ Ἀφροδίτης καλουμένης Παφίας· ἱδρύσατο αὐτὴν Λαοδίκη, γεγονυῖα μέν, ὡς καὶ πρότερον ἐδήλωσα, ἀπὸ Ἀγαπήνορος ὃς ἐς Τροίαν ἡγήσατο Ἀρκάσιν, οἰκοῦσα δὲ ἐν Πάφῳ. τούτου δέ ἐστιν οὐ πόρρω Διονύσου τε ἱερὰ δύο καὶ Κόρης βωμὸς καὶ Ἀπόλλωνος ναὸς καὶ ἄγαλμα ἐπίχρυσον·

English Translation

In Tegea there is also a temple dedicated to Demeter and Kore, whom they call the Karpophoroi ("Bringers of Fruit"); nearby is a temple to Aphrodite called Paphian. Laodice established this temple, who was, as I have previously mentioned, descended from Agapenor, who led the Arcadians to Troy, though she herself lived in Paphos. Not far from this place are two sanctuaries of Dionysus, an altar of Kore, and a temple and a gilded statue of Apollo.

Proper Nouns

Demeter (Δήμητρα) deity
Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Karphophoroi (Καρποφόροι) deity
Kore (Κόρη) deity
Paphia (Παφία) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Laodike (Λαοδίκη) person
Also in: 8.5.3
Agapenor (Ἀγαπήνωρ) person
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) person
Paphos (Πάφος) place Q22988494
Also in: 8.5.2 8.24.6
Tegea (Τεγέα) place Q645234 Pleiades
Troy (Τροία) place Q22647
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