Pausanias' description of Greece, Volume I.Pausanias, active approximately 150-175
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Pausanias' description of Greece, Volume I.
Pausanias, active approximately 150-175
Greece -- Antiquities; Greece -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
And near this
is an oblong altar of the Fates, and next one of Hermes, and next
two of Zeus Supreme. And at the middle of the place where the horses
start are altars in the open air to Poseidon the Patron of Horses, and
Hera the Patroness of Horses, and near the pillar an altar of Castor
and Pollux. And at the entrance, near what is called the Rostrum, is
an altar of Ares the Patron of Horses, and an altar of Athene the
Patroness of Horses. And as you enter the Rostrum there are altars of
Good Fortune, and of Pan, and of Aphrodite. And in the interior of the
Rostrum the Nymphs called Acmenæ have an altar. And as you return from
the Portico which the people of Elis call Agnaptus’ from the name of
the Architect, there is on the right an altar of Artemis. And as you
enter Altis again by the road used for processions there are altars
behind the chapel of Hera of the river Cladeus and of Artemis, and next
to them one of Apollo, and a fourth of Artemis Coccoca, and a fifth
of Apollo Thermius. Thermius I conjecture at Elis will be the same
word as Thesmius (_Law-loving_) in Attic. But why Artemis was called
Coccoca I could not ascertain. There is a building in front of what
they call the Priest’s dwelling, and in the corner of it is an altar
of Pan. And the Town Hall of the people of Elis is within Altis, near
the outlet beyond the gymnasium, where the athletes have their races
and wrestling-matches. And in front of the doors of the Town Hall is
an altar of Artemis of the Market-Place. And in the Town Hall itself
as you pass into a room where there is a hearth, there is an altar of
Pan on the right of the entrance. And the hearth itself is made of
_débris_, and there is a fire on it burning continually day and night.
From this hearth as I have already stated they remove the _débris_ to
the altar of Olympian Zeus, and the height of that altar is largely due
to contributions from this hearth.
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Pausanias' description of Greece, Volume I. — John Shaqi
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