Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.35.3

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Passage 9.35.3: The three Graces worship linked to Apollo at Delos and secret Athenian rites.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

παρὰ δὲ Ἐτεοκλέους τοῦ Ὀρχομενίου μαθόντες τρισὶν ἤδη νομίζομεν Χάρισιν εὔχεσθαι· καὶ Ἀγγελίων τε καὶ Τεκταῖος †ὅσοι γε Διονύσου †τὸν Ἀπόλλωνα ἐργασάμενοι Δηλίοις τρεῖς ἐποίησαν ἐπὶ τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ Χάριτας· καὶ Ἀθήνῃσι πρὸ τῆς ἐς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν ἐσόδου Χάριτές εἰσι καὶ αὗται τρεῖς, παρὰ δὲ αὐταῖς τελετὴν ἄγουσιν ἐς τοὺς πολλοὺς ἀπόρρητον.

English Translation

Having learned from Eteocles of Orchomenus, we now customarily pray to three Graces. And Angelion and Tectaios, who fashioned an image of Apollo for the Delians, placed three Graces in his hand; also, at Athens, before the approach to the Acropolis, there are likewise three Graces, beside whom rites are conducted that must not be revealed to the multitude.

Proper Nouns

Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Charites (Χάριτες) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Tectaeus (Τεκταῖος) person
Also in: 2.32.5
Angelion (Ἀγγελίων) person
Also in: 2.32.5
Eteocles (Ἐτεοκλῆς) person
Orchomenian (Ὀρχομενίος) person
Delos (Δῆλος) place Q173148
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
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