Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.54.5

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Passage 8.54.5: Sanctuaries along the road from Tegea to Argos.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἡ δὲ ἐς Ἄργος ἐκ Τεγέας ὀχήματι ἐπιτηδειοτάτη καὶ τὰ μάλιστά ἐστι λεωφόρος. ἔστι δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ πρῶτα μὲν ναὸς καὶ ἄγαλμα Ἀσκληπιοῦ· μετὰ δὲ ἐκτραπεῖσιν ἐς ἀριστερὰ ὅσον στάδιον Ἀπόλλωνος ἐπίκλησιν Πυθίου καταλελυμένον ἐστὶν ἱερὸν καὶ ἐρείπια ἐς ἅπαν. κατὰ δὲ τὴν εὐθεῖαν αἵ τε δρῦς εἰσι πολλαὶ καὶ Δήμητρος ἐν τῷ ἄλσει τῶν δρυῶν ναὸς ἐν Κορυθεῦσι καλουμένης· πλησίον δὲ ἄλλο ἐστὶν ἱερὸν Διονύσου Μύστου.

English Translation

The road from Tegea to Argos is well suited to carriage-travel and is above all a main thoroughfare. Along the road, first you come to a temple and statue of Asclepius. Then, turning off about one stade towards the left, there is a sanctuary of Apollo surnamed Pythius, now destroyed and completely in ruins. Along the straight route itself are many oak trees and a temple of Demeter located in this oak grove, called Demeter in Corytheis. Nearby there is another sanctuary dedicated to Dionysus Mystes.

Proper Nouns

Demeter (Δήμητρα) deity
Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Mystes (epithet of Dionysus) (Μύστης (ἐπίκλησις Διονύσου)) deity
Pythios (Πύθιος) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός) deity
Korytheusai (Korythenses) (Κορυθεῦσαι) place
Tegea (Τεγέα) place Q645234 Pleiades
Argos (Ἄργος) place Q13533353
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