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- {'description': 'Specific passage citations and notes on how this source attests the entity'}
63 rows where source_id = "SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION"
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| Link | entity_id | source_id | evidence_type | source_note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENT_ACHILLES,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Achilles ENT_ACHILLES | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias documents the hero cult of Achilles: his tomb at Sigeum in the Troad (referenced); cult at Elis (Book 6.23.3); the island of Leuke (White Island) in the Black Sea as his afterlife; his hero shrine at Sparta |
| ENT_ADIKIA,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Adikia ENT_ADIKIA | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 5.18.2: on the Chest of Cypselus, Dike throttles the ugly Adikia (Injustice). |
| ENT_AGANIPPE,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Aganippe ENT_AGANIPPE | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 9.29.5: the spring Aganippe on Helicon, by the grove of the Muses. |
| ENT_AJAX,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Ajax ENT_AJAX | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias documents the hero shrine of Ajax on Salamis (Book 1.35.3-5) and describes the statue and cult; he records traditions about the discovery of his bones; Salamis was his primary cult center |
| ENT_AMPHIARAUS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Amphiaraus ENT_AMPHIARAUS | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 1.34: the dream-oracle of the seer-hero Amphiaraus at Oropus. |
| ENT_ANYTUS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Anytus ENT_ANYTUS | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 8.37.5: Anytos, one of the Titans, who reared Despoina at Lykosoura. |
| ENT_APHRODITE,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Aphrodite ENT_APHRODITE | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias documents major Aphrodite sanctuaries: the important cult at Corinth (Book 2.4.7: temple on Acrocorinth with sacred prostitution), the Aphrodite Ourania sanctuary at Athens (Book 1.14.7), and the Cnidian Aphrodite tradition |
| ENT_APOLLO,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Apollo ENT_APOLLO | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias visits and describes the sanctuary at Delphi in detail (Book 10): the Temple of Apollo, the Oracle, the Omphalos, the treasuries of the Greek cities, and the paintings of Polygnotus; also Apollo at Corinth (Book 2) and Apollo Epikourios at Bassae (Book 8) |
| ENT_ARES,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Ares ENT_ARES | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias describes the Temple of Ares in the Athenian Agora (Book 1.8.4) and Ares cults at Sparta (where he was bound in chains) and Geronthrai |
| ENT_ARTEMIS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Artemis ENT_ARTEMIS | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias describes the cult of Artemis Orthia at Sparta (Book 3.16.7-11), Artemis Laphria at Patrai (Book 7.18-19), and various Artemis sanctuaries; he documents the ritual practices at Brauron (Book 1.23.7) |
| ENT_ASCLEPIUS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Asclepius ENT_ASCLEPIUS | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias visits the Asclepium at Epidaurus (Book 2.26-28): the most famous healing sanctuary in the ancient world; he describes the temple, the cult statue, the abaton (incubation hall), the miraculous healing tablets, and the sacred snakes; the primary ancient source for the Epidaurian Asclepius cult |
| ENT_ASCLEPIUS_HERO,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Asclepius Hero ENT_ASCLEPIUS_HERO | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias Book 2.26-28: the hero-cult aspect of Asclepius at Epidaurus; also Asclepius shrines at Corinth, Sicyon, Athens, Cos, and Pergamon |
| ENT_ATHENA,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Athena ENT_ATHENA | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias devotes extensive coverage to the Acropolis of Athens (Book 1.22-28): the Parthenon, the chryselephantine statue of Athena Parthenos by Pheidias, the Erechtheion, and the Athena Promachos; also Athena Alea at Tegea (Book 8.45-47) |
| ENT_AUXO,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Auxo ENT_AUXO | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 9.35.1-2 (the Athenian Horai/Seasons Auxo, Carpo, and Thallo). |
| ENT_CAERUS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Caerus ENT_CAERUS | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 5.14.9: the altar of Kairos (Opportunity) near the stadium entrance at Olympia. |
| ENT_CARPO,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Carpo ENT_CARPO | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 9.35.1-2 (the Athenian Horai/Seasons Auxo, Carpo, and Thallo). |
| ENT_CORYCIA,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Corycia ENT_CORYCIA | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias, Description of Greece (the local nymph and her cult). |
| ENT_CORYCIAN_NYMPHS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Corycian Nymphs ENT_CORYCIAN_NYMPHS | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias, Description of Greece (the local nymph and her cult). |
| ENT_DACTYLS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Dactyls ENT_DACTYLS | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 5.7.6-9 (the Idaean Dactyls and the founding of the Olympic Games). |
| ENT_DEMETER,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Demeter ENT_DEMETER | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias visits Eleusis and provides the most detailed ancient description of the sanctuary of Demeter and Kore and the Eleusinian Mysteries (Book 1.37-38); he cannot reveal the secret rites but describes the sanctuary structures, monuments, and public myth; the primary ancient source for the physical site |
| ENT_DESPOINA,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Despoina ENT_DESPOINA | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 8.37: the mysteries of Despoina at Lykosoura; daughter of Poseidon and Demeter. |
| ENT_DIONYSUS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Dionysus ENT_DIONYSUS | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias documents Dionysiac cult throughout Greece: his tomb at Delphi (Book 10.24.6), the Lenaia festival at Athens, the cult at Sicyon (Book 2.7.5-6), and the Dionysus Lysios sanctuary at Corinth (Book 2.2.5) |
| ENT_DIRCE,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Dirce ENT_DIRCE | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias, Description of Greece (the local nymph and her cult). |
| ENT_ELEOS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Eleos ENT_ELEOS | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 1.17.1: the Athenians alone honour an altar of Eleos (Mercy) in the agora. |
| ENT_EPHYRA,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Ephyra ENT_EPHYRA | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 2.1.1: the Oceanid Ephyra, first to dwell in the land later called Corinth. |
| ENT_EPIONE,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Epione ENT_EPIONE | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 2.29.1: the wife of Asclepius, her image in the precinct at Epidaurus. |
| ENT_EURYNOMOS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Eurynomos ENT_EURYNOMOS | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 10.28.7: the corpse-devouring underworld daimon in Polygnotus' Nekyia at Delphi. |
| ENT_HADES,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Hades ENT_HADES | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias records the sanctuary of Hades at Elis (Book 6.25.2-3): open only once per year to the priest; the only Panhellenic temple to Hades in Greece; also the Nekyomanteion at Ephyra (Book 1.17.5) |
| ENT_HADES_KLYMENOS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Hades Klymenos ENT_HADES_KLYMENOS | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 2.35.9: Hades worshipped as Klymenos at Hermione. |
| ENT_HECATE,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Hecate ENT_HECATE | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias describes the oldest cult statue of Hecate (by the sculptor Alcamenes; placed near the Propylaea of the Athenian Acropolis; Book 2.30.2); also Hecate at Aegina and Argos; this is the primary ancient source for her earliest cult images |
| ENT_HEPHAESTUS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Hephaestus ENT_HEPHAESTUS | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias describes the Hephaisteion at Athens (mistakenly called the "Theseum" in later times; Book 1.14.6); the cult of Hephaestus at Lemnos; his role in Attic metalworking religion |
| ENT_HERA,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Hera ENT_HERA | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias describes the Heraion at Olympia (the oldest temple at the site; Book 5.16-17) and the Heraion at Argos (Book 2.17); the Hera cult at Argos is documented as one of the most important in Greece; he records the games of the Heraia |
| ENT_HERACLES,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Heracles ENT_HERACLES | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias documents Heracles' hero shrines throughout Greece: at Athens, Thebes (Book 9.11.1-2), Olympia, and Peloponnesus; the Herakleia festival; his cult was the most widespread hero cult in the ancient world |
| ENT_HERMES,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Hermes ENT_HERMES | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias documents the Hermes cult at various sites: herm statues throughout Athens, the sanctuary at Pheneos (Book 8.14.10), and the early Arcadian Hermes cults; also Hermes Kriophoros (ram-bearer) at Tanagra |
| ENT_HIPPOLYTUS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Hippolytus ENT_HIPPOLYTUS | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias documents the hero cult of Hippolytus at Troezen (Book 2.32.1-3): his temple and cult statue; the annual offerings of hair from Troezenian youths before marriage; he records the dispute over whether he was truly killed or was preserved by Artemis in Italy |
| ENT_HYGIEIA,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Hygieia ENT_HYGIEIA | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 1.34.3 (Amphiareion altar at Oropus); cf. dedicated Orphic Hymn 68. |
| ENT_IASO,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Iaso ENT_IASO | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 1.34.3: named on the altar at the Amphiareion at Oropus with Hygieia and Panacea. |
| ENT_IPHIGENIA,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Iphigenia ENT_IPHIGENIA | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias documents the hero cult of Iphigenia at Brauron (Book 1.23.7) and at Hermione (Book 2.35.1); the Brauron sanctuary to Artemis preserves her cult alongside Artemis; he records the traditions about her transformation into Hecate or her escape to Tauris |
| ENT_KORE,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Kore ENT_KORE | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias describes the sanctuary of Kore (= Persephone as mystery-cult title) at Eleusis alongside Demeter (Book 1.37-38) and in many local shrines across Greece; Kore is the cult name used at Eleusis for Persephone before the abduction; Pausanias is the primary source for the cult geography of Kore-worship across the Greek world |
| ENT_LINUS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Linus ENT_LINUS | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 9.29.6-9: the musician Linos, son of Urania, killed by Apollo. |
| ENT_MANIA,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Mania ENT_MANIA | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 8.34.1-3: the sanctuary of the Maniai near Megalopolis, where Orestes went mad. |
| ENT_MANTO,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Manto ENT_MANTO | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 9.33.2: the prophetic daughter of Tiresias, sent to Colophon. |
| ENT_NEDA,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Neda ENT_NEDA | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias, Description of Greece (the local nymph and her cult). |
| ENT_NEMESIS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Nemesis ENT_NEMESIS | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias visits the great sanctuary of Nemesis at Rhamnous in Attica (Book 1.33.2-8): the cult statue of Nemesis made by Pheidias from a block of Parian marble that the Persians had brought to make a victory monument; this is the most important ancient text for the Nemesis cult at Rhamnous |
| ENT_ORPHEUS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Orpheus ENT_ORPHEUS | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias describes the tomb of Orpheus on the river Helikon in Macedonia (Book 9.30.5-12) and the tradition that his lyre was preserved there; also his head and lyre floating to Lesbos; the oracle of Orpheus's head |
| ENT_PALAEMON,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Palaemon ENT_PALAEMON | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 2.1.3: the Isthmian cult of Palaemon, with the dolphin and the founding of the games. |
| ENT_PAN,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Pan ENT_PAN | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias documents Pan's cult in Arcadia (Book 8.37.11) as well as the cave of Pan on the north slope of the Acropolis at Athens (Book 1.28.4); the Athens cave was established after Pan appeared to Pheidippides before Marathon (Herodotus and Pausanias both record this) |
| ENT_PANACEA,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Panacea ENT_PANACEA | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 1.34.3: "to Aphrodite and Panakeia, and to Iaso, Hygieia and Athena Paionia." |
| ENT_PELOPS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Pelops ENT_PELOPS | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias documents the Pelopion at Olympia (Book 5.13.1-3): a sacred enclosure holding Pelops's hero shrine; the annual sacrifice of a black ram at the Pelopion before Olympic games; the chariot race with Oenomaus; Pelops was the eponymous hero of the Peloponnese |
| ENT_PERSEPHONE,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Persephone ENT_PERSEPHONE | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias describes the Eleusinian sanctuary of Kore/Persephone (Book 1.38) and her shrines throughout Greece; also the sanctuary of Persephone at Locri (Book 6.25.4-5) |
| ENT_POSEIDON,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias documents the sanctuary of Poseidon at the Isthmus of Corinth (Book 2.1-2) and his contest with Athena for Athens (Book 1.24.3); also Poseidon Hippios (horse-Poseidon) shrines throughout |
| ENT_PRAXIS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Praxis ENT_PRAXIS | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 1.43.6: the ivory Aphrodite "surnamed Praxis" at Megara. |
| ENT_PRIAPUS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Priapus ENT_PRIAPUS | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 9.31.2: Priapos, most revered at Lampsacus, son of Dionysus and Aphrodite. |
| ENT_PROTESILAUS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Protesilaus ENT_PROTESILAUS | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias documents the hero shrine of Protesilaus at Elaeus in the Thracian Chersonese (Book 1.34.2); he describes the sacred grove and temenos; Protesilaus's cult was important in the area around the Hellespont |
| ENT_SIBYL,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Sibyl ENT_SIBYL | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 10.12 (the Sibyls and their oracles). |
| ENT_TELESPHORUS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Telesphorus ENT_TELESPHORUS | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 2.11.7 (Telesphorus, the healing daimon associated with Asclepius). |
| ENT_THALLO,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Thallo ENT_THALLO | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 9.35.1-2 (the Athenian Horai/Seasons Auxo, Carpo, and Thallo). |
| ENT_THESEUS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Theseus ENT_THESEUS | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias documents the Theseum (Hephaisteion area, Athens; Book 1.17.2-6): Theseus's bones brought from Scyros by Cimon; his hero cult at Athens; the Pyanepsia and other Theseus festivals; Book 1-2 extensively |
| ENT_THYIADS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Thyiads ENT_THYIADS | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 10.4.3: the Thyiades, women who dance the biennial Dionysiac rites on Parnassus. |
| ENT_TROPHONIUS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Trophonius ENT_TROPHONIUS | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 9.39: the oracle of Trophonios at Lebadeia and its descent ritual. |
| ENT_ZEUS,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Zeus ENT_ZEUS | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias describes the Temple of Zeus at Olympia extensively (Book 5-6); the cult statue by Pheidias was considered one of the Seven Wonders; he also records the oracle of Zeus at Dodona (Book 7) and Zeus's shrines throughout Greece |
| ENT_ZEUS_KTESIOS_CULT,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Zeus Ktesios ENT_ZEUS_KTESIOS_CULT | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 1.31.4: the household property-protector cult form; cf. Antoninus Liberalis 19. |
| ENT_ZEUS_MEILICHIOS_CULT,SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION,direct attestation | Zeus Meilichios ENT_ZEUS_MEILICHIOS_CULT | Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION | direct attestation | Pausanias 1.37.4: the altar of Zeus Meilichios on the Sacred Way, where Theseus was purified. |
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