Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.25.5

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Passage 9.25.5: Grove sacred to Demeter Cabeiria and the sanctuary of the Cabeiri, entry limited to initiates.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

σταδίους δὲ αὐτόθεν πέντε προελθόντι καὶ εἴκοσι Δήμητρος Καβειραίας καὶ Κόρης ἐστὶν ἄλσος· ἐσελθεῖν δὲ τοῖς τελεσθεῖσιν ἔστι. τούτου δὲ τοῦ ἄλσους ἑπτά που σταδίους τῶν Καβείρων τὸ ἱερὸν ἀφέστηκεν. οἵτινες δέ εἰσιν οἱ Κάβειροι καὶ ὁποῖά ἐστιν αὐτοῖς καὶ τῇ Μητρὶ τὰ δρώμενα, σιωπὴν ἄγοντι ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν συγγνώμη παρὰ ἀνδρῶν φιληκόων ἔστω μοι.

English Translation

About twenty-five stades onward from here is a grove sacred to Demeter Cabeiria and the Maiden, into which only those initiated may enter. About seven stades from this grove stands the sanctuary of the Cabeiri. Who the Cabeiri truly are, and the nature of the rites performed for them and for the Goddess, let me pass over in silence; may those readers who respect such things forgive me.

Proper Nouns

Demeter (Δήμητρα) deity
Kabeiroi (Κάβειροι) deity
Kabeiraia (Καβειραία) deity
Kore (Κόρη) deity
Mother (Meter) (Μήτηρ) deity
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