Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.24.4

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Passage 9.24.4: Cyrtones: mountain town with Apollo's temple, Artemis statues, and a nymphs' spring.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ὑήττου δὲ στάδια ὡς εἴκοσιν ἀπέχουσι Κύρτωνες· τὸ δὲ ἀρχαῖον ὄνομα τῷ πολίσματί φασιν εἶναι Κυρτώνην. ᾤκισται δὲ ἐπὶ ὄρους ὑψηλοῦ, καὶ Ἀπόλλωνός ἐστιν ἐνταῦθα ναός τε καὶ ἄλσος· ἀγάλματα δὲ ὀρθὰ Ἀπόλλωνος καὶ Ἀρτέμιδός ἐστιν. ἔστι δὲ αὐτόθι καὶ ὕδωρ ψυχρὸν ἐκ πέτρας ἀνερχόμενον· νυμφῶν δὲ ἱερὸν ἐπὶ τῇ πηγῇ καὶ ἄλσος οὐ μέγα ἐστίν, ἥμερα δὲ ὁμοίως πάντα ἐν τῷ ἄλσει δένδρα.

English Translation

About twenty stades from Hyettus are the Cyrtones. They say the settlement was originally named Cyrtone. It is built upon a high mountain, and here there is a temple and grove of Apollo. There are upright statues of Apollo and Artemis. Here also is a spring of cold water flowing out of a rock. At the spring is a sanctuary of the Nymphs and a small grove, in which all the trees are likewise cultivated.

Proper Nouns

Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Artemis (Ἀρτέμις) deity
Kyrtone (Κυρτώνη) place Q6452589 Pleiades
Kyrtones (Κύρτωνες) place Q34225014
Hyettos (Ὑήττος) place Q12872650
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