Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.31.2

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Passage 9.31.2: Priapus honored at Lampsacus as son of Dionysus and Aphrodite.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐνταῦθα καὶ Τηλέφῳ τῷ Ἡρακλέους γάλα ἐστὶν ἔλαφος παιδὶ μικρῷ διδοῦσα καὶ βοῦς τε παρʼ αὐτὸν καὶ ἄγαλμα Πριάπου θέας ἄξιον. τούτῳ τιμαὶ τῷ θεῷ δέδονται μὲν καὶ ἄλλως, ἔνθα εἰσὶν αἰγῶν νομαὶ καὶ προβάτων ἢ καὶ ἑσμοὶ μελισσῶν· Λαμψακηνοὶ δὲ ἐς πλέον ἢ θεοὺς τοὺς ἄλλους νομίζουσι, Διονύσου τε αὐτὸν παῖδα εἶναι καὶ Ἀφροδίτης λέγοντες.

English Translation

Here also is represented Telephus, the son of Heracles, with a deer giving milk to the infant child; near at hand are an ox and an image of Priapus, worthy of note. This god receives honor elsewhere also, wherever there are pastures of goats or sheep, or even swarms of bees. But the people of Lampsacus honor him above other gods, saying that he is the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite.

Proper Nouns

Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Priapus (Πρίαπος) deity
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Lampsacenes (Λαμψακηνοί) other
Telephus (Τήλεφος) person
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person
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