Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.34.4

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Passage 9.34.4: Mount Libethrius with statues of Muses and nymphs and milky twin springs.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Κορωνείας δὲ σταδίους ὡς τεσσαράκοντα ὄρος ἀπέχει τὸ Λιβήθριον, ἀγάλματα δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ Μουσῶν τε καὶ νυμφῶν ἐπίκλησίν ἐστι Λιβηθρίων· καὶ πηγαὶ---τὴν μὲν Λιβηθριάδα ὀνομάζουσιν, ἡ δὲ ἑτέρα †Πέτρα---γυναικὸς μαστοῖς εἰσιν εἰκασμέναι, καὶ ὅμοιον γάλακτι ὕδωρ ἀπʼ αὐτῶν ἄνεισιν.

English Translation

Mount Libethrius is about forty stades distant from Coroneia. On this mountain are statues of the Muses and of the nymphs known as Libethrian. There are springs as well: one they call Libethrias, and the other Petra. These are shaped like a woman's breasts, and from them flows water resembling milk.

Proper Nouns

Libethrian (Nymphs) (Λιβήθριαι) deity
Muse (Μοῦσα) deity
Libethrias (Λιβηθριάς) other
Petra (Πέτρα) other
Koroneia (Κορωνεία) place Q593295
Also in: 9.34.5 9.34.8
Libethrion (Λιβήθριον) place Q106298445
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