Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.3.9

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Passage 9.3.9: The cave Sphragidion of the Cithaeronian Nymphs, an ancient oracle.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

ὑπὸ δὲ τῆς κορυφῆς, ἐφʼ ᾗ τὸν βωμὸν ποιοῦνται, πέντε που μάλιστα καὶ δέκα ὑποκαταβάντι σταδίους νυμφῶν ἐστιν ἄντρον Κιθαιρωνίδων, Σφραγίδιον μὲν ὀνομαζόμενον, μαντεύεσθαι δὲ τὰς νύμφας τὸ ἀρχαῖον αὐτόθι ἔχει λόγος.

English Translation

Below the peak, upon which they have erected the altar, about fifteen stadia downward, there is a cave of the Cithaeronian Nymphs called Sphragidion. It is said that in ancient times the Nymphs used to deliver oracles there.

Proper Nouns

Kithaironides (Κιθαιρώνιδες) deity
Sphragidion (Σφραγίδιον) place
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