Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.30.7

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Passage 9.30.7: Pillar and urn containing Orpheus' bones near Dium.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

Μακεδόνων δὲ οἱ χώραν τὴν ὑπὸ τὸ ὄρος τὴν Πιερίαν ἔχοντες καὶ πόλιν Δῖον, φασὶν ὑπὸ τῶν γυναικῶν γενέσθαι τὴν τελευτὴν ἐνταῦθα τῷ Ὀρφεῖ· ἰόντι δὲ ἐκ Δίου τὴν ἐπὶ τὸ ὄρος καὶ στάδια προεληλυθότι εἴκοσι κίων τέ ἐστιν ἐν δεξιᾷ καὶ ἐπίθημα ἐπὶ τῷ κίονι ὑδρία λίθου, ἔχει δὲ τὰ ὀστᾶ τοῦ Ὀρφέως ἡ ὑδρία, καθὰ οἱ ἐπιχώριοι λέγουσι.

English Translation

The Macedonians who dwell in the region below Mount Pieria and possess the city of Dium say that it was here that Orpheus met his end at the hands of women. Traveling from Dium towards the mountain, after going forward about twenty stades, there is a pillar on the right side with a stone urn resting upon it; this urn contains the bones of Orpheus, according to local tradition.

Proper Nouns

Macedonians (Μακεδόνες) person
Orpheus (Ὀρφεύς) person
Dion (Δῖον) place Q9207638
Also in: 9.30.11 10.13.5
Pieria (Πιερία) place Q7800388
Also in: 10.13.5
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