Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.16.4

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Passage 9.16.4: The three forms of Aphrodite: Urania, Pandemos, and Apostrophia.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

ἀπηλλαγμένῳ πόθου σωμάτων, Πάνδημον δὲ ἐπὶ ταῖς μίξεσι, τρίτα δὲ Ἀποστροφίαν, ἵνα ἐπιθυμίας τε ἀνόμου καὶ ἔργων ἀνοσίων ἀποστρέφῃ τὸ γένος τῶν ἀνθρώπων· πολλὰ γὰρ τὰ μὲν ἐν βαρβάροις ἠπίστατο ἡ Ἁρμονία, τὰ δὲ καὶ παρʼ Ἕλλησιν ἤδη τετολμημένα, ὁποῖα καὶ ὕστερον ἐπὶ τῇ Ἀδώνιδος μητρὶ καὶ ἐς Φαίδραν τε τὴν Μίνω καὶ ἐς τὸν Θρᾷκα Τηρέα ᾄδεται.

English Translation

One (Aphrodite Urania), who is free from bodily desire; another, Pandemos, concerned with physical unions; and thirdly, Apostrophia, whose function is to turn away humankind from unlawful passions and impious deeds. For Harmonia knew of many such things among the barbarians, and some already dared by the Greeks—of the kind that were later sung about regarding the mother of Adonis, Phaedra the daughter of Minos, and the Thracian Tereus.

Proper Nouns

Pandemos (Πάνδημος) deity
Apostrophia (Ἀποστροφία) deity
Harmonia (Ἁρμονία) deity
Thracian (Θρᾷξ) other
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) other
Minos (Μίνως) person
Tereus (Τηρεύς) person
Phaedra (Φαίδρα) person
Adonis (Ἄδωνις) person
Also in: 6.24.7
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