Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.4.3

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Passage 9.4.3: Sanctuary of Demeter Eleusinia at Plataea.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἔστι δὲ καὶ Δήμητρος ἐπίκλησιν Ἐλευσινίας ἱερὸν ἐν Πλαταιαῖς καὶ Ληίτου μνῆμα· τῶν δὲ ἡγεμόνων, οἳ Βοιωτοὺς ἐς Τροίαν ἤγαγον, μόνος ἀνέστρεψεν οἴκαδε οὗτος ὁ Λήιτος. τὴν δὲ κρήνην τὴν Γαργαφίαν Μαρδόνιος καὶ ἡ ἵππος συνέχεεν ἡ Περσῶν, ὅτι τὸ Ἑλλήνων στράτευμα τὸ ἀντικαθήμενόν σφισιν ἀπʼ αὐτῆς ἔπινεν· ὕστερον μέντοι τὸ ὕδωρ ἀνεσώσαντο οἱ Πλαταιεῖς.

English Translation

There is also at Plataea a sanctuary of Demeter surnamed Eleusinia, and the tomb of Leitus. Of the leaders who brought the Boeotians to Troy, this Leitus alone returned home. As for the Gargaphian spring, Mardonius and the Persian cavalry defiled it, because the Greek army encamped opposite drank from its waters; later, however, the Plataeans restored the spring.

Proper Nouns

Demeter (Δήμητρα) deity
Eleusinian (Ἐλευσίνια) deity
Boeotians (Βοιωτοί) other
Persians (Πέρσαι) other
Plataeans (Πλαταιεῖς) other
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) other
Leitus (Λήιτος) person
Mardonius (Μαρδόνιος) person
Gargaphia (Γαργαφία) place Q4952634
Plataea (Πλαταιαί) place Q742538
Troy (Τροία) place Q22647
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