Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.2.1

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Passage 9.2.1: Ruins of Hysiae: half-built Apollo temple and sacred divining well.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

γῆς δὲ τῆς Πλαταιίδος ἐν τῷ Κιθαιρῶνι ὀλίγον τῆς εὐθείας ἐκτραπεῖσιν ἐς δεξιὰ Ὑσιῶν καὶ Ἐρυθρῶν ἐρείπιά ἐστι. πόλεις δέ ποτε τῶν Βοιωτῶν ἦσαν, καὶ νῦν ἔτι ἐν τοῖς ἐρειπίοις τῶν Ὑσιῶν ναός ἐστιν Ἀπόλλωνος ἡμίεργος καὶ φρέαρ ἱερόν· πάλαι δὲ ἐκ τοῦ φρέατος κατὰ τὸν Βοιωτῶν λόγον ἐμαντεύοντο πίνοντες.

English Translation

Within Plataean territory, after turning a short distance to the right from the direct path on Mt. Cithaeron, lie the ruins of Hysiae and Erythrae. These cities once belonged to the Boeotians, and even now among the ruins of Hysiae there remains a half-built temple of Apollo and a sacred well. In ancient times, according to the Boeotian account, those who drank from this well practiced divination.

Proper Nouns

Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Boeotians (Βοιωτοί) person
Cithaeron (Κιθαιρών) place Q1147780
Plataea (Πλάταια) place Q742538
Erythrai (Ἐρυθραί) place Q2714769 Pleiades
Hysiae (Ὑσιαί) place Q11926258
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