Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.54.6

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Passage 8.54.6: Sanctuaries of Telephus and Pan stand on Mount Parthenion.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τὸ ἀπὸ τούτου δὲ ἄρχεται τὸ ὄρος τὸ Παρθένιον· ἐν δὲ αὐτῷ τέμενος δείκνυται Τηλέφου, καὶ ἐνταῦθα παῖδα ἐκκείμενόν φασιν αὐτὸν ὑπὸ ἐλάφου τραφῆναι. ἀπωτέρω δὲ ὀλίγον Πανός ἐστιν ἱερόν, ἔνθα Φιλιππίδῃ φανῆναι τὸν Πᾶνα καὶ εἰπεῖν ἃ πρὸς αὐτὸν Ἀθηναῖοί τε καὶ κατὰ ταὐτὰ Τεγεᾶται λέγουσι·

English Translation

From here begins Mount Parthenion. On it is shown a sanctuary of Telephus, and there, they say, he was exposed as a child and nurtured by a deer. A little further on stands a sanctuary of Pan, where Pan is said to have appeared to Philippides and spoken those words which the Athenians record concerning him, a story also told in the same way by the Tegeans.

Proper Nouns

Pan (Πάν) deity
Tegeans (Τεγεᾶται) other
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) other
Telephus (Τήλεφος) person
Philippides (Φιλιππίδης) person
Also in: 1.28.4
Parthenion (Παρθένιον) place Q12883263 Pleiades
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