Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.32.1

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Passage 9.32.1: Kreusis harbor and a painted plaster statue of Dionysus.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τοῖς δὲ ἐν Κρεύσιδι, ἐπινείῳ τῷ Θεσπιέων, οἰκοῦσιν ἐν κοινῷ μέν ἐστιν οὐδέν, ἐν ἰδιώτου δὲ ἀνδρὸς ἄγαλμα ἦν Διονύσου γύψου πεποιημένον καὶ ἐπικεκοσμημένον γραφῇ. πλοῦς δὲ ἐς Κρεῦσίν ἐστιν ἐκ Πελοποννήσου σκολιός τε καὶ ἄλλως οὐκ εὔδιος· ἄκραι τε γὰρ ἀνέχουσιν ὡς μὴ κατʼ εὐθὺ τῆς θαλάσσης περαιοῦσθαι καὶ ἅμα ἐκ τῶν ὀρῶν καταπνέουσιν ἄνεμοι βίαιοι.

English Translation

For those who dwell in Kreusis, the harbor of the Thespians, there is nothing held in common; however, in the home of a private individual there was a statue of Dionysus made of plaster and decorated with paintings. Sailing to Kreusis from the Peloponnesus is both indirect and generally troubled by bad weather; for headlands project into the sea, preventing a straight crossing, and at the same time fierce winds blow down from the mountains.

Proper Nouns

Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Thespians (Θεσπιεῖς) place Q127300767
Also in: 6.16.1
Creusis (Κρεῦσις) place Q16553547
Peloponnese (Πελοπόννησος) place Q78967
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