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- Pausanias. Pausaniae Graeciae descriptio, Volumes 1-3. Spiro, Friedrich, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1903.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-30
This chunk describes the sanctuary of Hymnian Artemis and its strict priestly rules, as well as the sights of the old and new cities of Orchomenus. It also outlines the geography of the surrounding plains and the two routes diverging from Amilus towards Stymphalus and Pheneus.
ἐν δὲ τῇ χώρᾳ τῇ Ὀρχομενίων, ἐν ἀριστερᾷ τῆς ὁδοῦ τῆς ἀπὸ Ἀγχισιῶν, ἐν ὑπτίῳ τοῦ ὄρους τὸ ἱερόν ἐστι τῆς Ὑμνίας Ἀρτέμιδος· μέτεστι δὲ αὐτοῦ καὶ Μαντινεῦσι καὶ ἱέρειαν καὶ ἄνδρα ἱερέα.1 τούτοις οὐ μόνον τὰ ἐς τὰς μίξεις ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐς τὰ ἄλλα ἁγιστεύειν καθέστηκε τὸν χρόνον τοῦ βίου πάντα, καὶ οὔτε λουτρὰ οὔτε δίαιτα λοιπὴ κατὰ τὰ αὐτά σφισι καθὰ καὶ τοῖς πολλοῖς ἐστιν, οὐδὲ ἐς οἰκίαν παρίασιν ἀνδρὸς ἰδιώτου. τοιαῦτα οἶδα ἕτερα ἐνιαυτὸν καὶ οὐ πρόσω2 Ἐφεσίων ἐπιτηδεύοντας τοὺς τῇ Ἀρτέμιδι ἱστιάτορας τῇ Ἐφεσίᾳ γινομένους, καλουμένους δὲ ὑπὸ τῶν πολιτῶν Ἐσσῆνας. τῇ δὲ Ἀρτέμιδι τῇ Ὑμνίᾳ καὶ ἑορτὴν ἄγουσιν ἐπέτειον.
In the territory of the Orchomenians, on the left of the road from the Anchisian mountains, on the gentle slope of the mountain is the sanctuary of Hymnian Artemis; the Mantineans also share in it, providing both a priestess and a priest. For these it is established to remain pure for their whole life, not only in regard to sexual intercourse but also in other matters, and neither baths nor their other way of life are the same for them as for the generality of people, nor do they enter the house of a private man. I know of other people practicing similar things for a year and no longer, namely those who become banqueters for Ephesian Artemis, who are called Essenes by the citizens. They also celebrate an annual festival for Hymnian Artemis.
Ὀρχομενίοις δὲ ἡ προτέρα πόλις ἐπὶ ὄρους ἦν ἄκρᾳ τῇ κορυφῇ, καὶ ἀγορᾶς τε καὶ τειχῶν ἐρείπια λείπεται· τὴν δὲ ἐφʼ ἡμῶν πόλιν ὑπὸ τὸν περίβολον οἰκοῦσι τοῦ ἀρχαίου τείχους. θέας δὲ αὐτόθι ἄξια πηγή τε, ἀφʼ ἧς ὑδρεύονται, καὶ Ποσειδῶνός ἐστι καὶ Ἀφροδίτης ἱερά, λίθου δὲ τὰ ἀγάλματα. πρὸς δὲ τῇ πόλει ξόανόν ἐστιν Ἀρτέμιδος· ἵδρυται δὲ ἐν κέδρῳ μεγάλῃ, καὶ τὴν θεὸν ὀνομάζουσιν ἀπὸ τῆς κέδρου Κεδρεᾶτιν.
For the Orchomenians, the former city was on the very summit of the mountain, and ruins of an agora and walls remain; but they inhabit the city of our day below the circuit of the ancient wall. Worth seeing there are a spring from which they draw water, and sanctuaries of Poseidon and of Aphrodite, and the images are of stone. Near the city is a wooden image of Artemis; it is dedicated in a large cedar tree, and they call the goddess Cedreatis after the cedar tree.
σωροὶ δὲ ὑπὸ τὴν πόλιν λίθων εἰσὶ διεστηκότες ἀπὸ ἀλλήλων, ἐπενήθησαν δὲ ἐν πολέμῳ πεσοῦσιν ἀνδράσιν. οἷς τισι δὲ Πελοποννησίων ἐπολέμησαν3 ἢ τῶν ἄλλων ἢ Ἀρκάδων αὐτῶν, οὔτε ἐπιγράμματα ἐπὶ τοῖς τάφοις ἐσήμαινεν οὔτε οἱ Ὀρχομένιοι μνημονεύουσιν.
Below the city are mounds of stones standing apart from one another, which were piled up for men who fell in war. With which of the Peloponnesians, or of other peoples, or of the Arcadians themselves they fought, neither the inscriptions on the tombs indicated nor do the Orchomenians remember.
ἔστι δὲ ἀπαντικρὺ τῆς πόλεως ὄρος Τραχύ. τὸ δὲ ὕδωρ τὸ ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ χαράδρας ῥέον κοίλης μεταξὺ τῆς τε πόλεως καὶ τοῦ Τραχέος ὄρους κάτεισιν ἐς ἄλλο Ὀρχομένιον πεδίον, τὸ δὲ πεδίον τοῦτο μεγέθει μὲν μέγα, τὰ πλείω δέ ἐστιν αὐτοῦ λίμνη. ἰόντι δὲ ἐξ Ὀρχομενοῦ καὶ σταδίους προελθόντι ὅσον τρεῖς,4 ἡ μὲν εὐθεῖα ἐπὶ πόλιν Καφυὰν ἄγει παρά τε αὐτὴν τὴν χαράδραν καὶ μετὰ ταύτην ἐν ἀριστερᾷ παρὰ τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ λιμνάζον· ἡ δὲ ἑτέρα τῶν ὁδῶν διαβάντι τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ διὰ τῆς χαράδρας ῥέον ὑπὸ τὸ Τραχύ ἐστιν ὄρος.
Opposite the city is Mount Trachy. The water from the god, flowing through a hollow ravine between the city and Mount Trachy, goes down into another Orchomenian plain, and this plain is great in size, but most of it is a lake. To one going from Orchomenus and advancing about three stadia, the straight road leads to the city of Caphyae along the ravine itself, and after this on the left along the marshy water; but the other of the roads, for one who has crossed the water flowing through the ravine, is under Mount Trachy.
κατὰ δὲ τὴν ὁδὸν ταύτην πρῶτον μὲν μνῆμά ἐστιν Ἀριστοκράτους, ὃς βίᾳ ποτὲ ᾔσχυνε τὴν ἱερωμένην τῇ Ὑμνίᾳ θεῷ παρθένον, μετὰ δὲ τοῦ Ἀριστοκράτους τὸν τάφον πηγαί τέ εἰσι καλούμεναι Τενεῖαι καὶ ἀπέχει τῶν πηγῶν στάδια ὡς ἑπτὰ Ἄμιλος χωρίον· πόλιν δὲ τὴν Ἄμιλόν ποτε εἶναι λέγουσι. κατὰ τοῦτο αὖθις τὸ χωρίον δίχα ἡ ὁδὸς τέμνεται, καὶ ἡ μὲν ἐπὶ Στύμφηλον, ἡ δὲ ἐς Φενεὸν αὐτῶν ἄγει.
Along this road, first there is the tomb of Aristocrates, who once by force defiled the virgin priestess of the Hymnian goddess; after the tomb of Aristocrates are springs called Teneiae, and about seven stadia away from the springs is a place Amilus; they say that Amilus was once a city. At this place again the road divides into two, and one of them leads to Stymphalus, and the other to Pheneus.
κατὰ δὲ τὴν ἐς Φενεὸν ἐκδέξεταί σε ὄρος· ἐν δὲ τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ συνάπτουσιν Ὀρχομενίων καὶ Φενεατῶν τε καὶ Καφυατῶν ὅροι τῆς γῆς. ἀνατείνει δὲ ὑπὲρ τοὺς ὅρους κρημνὸς ὑψηλός· πέτραν Καφυατικὴν ὀνομάζουσι τὸν κρημνόν. μετὰ δὲ τοὺς ὅρους ταῖς κατειλεγμέναις πόλεσι φάραγξ τε ὑπόκειται καὶ φέρει διʼ αὐτῆς ἡ ἐς Φενεὸν ὁδός· κατὰ μέσην δέ που μάλιστα τὴν φάραγγα ὕδωρ ἄνεισιν ἐκ πηγῆς, καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ πέρατι τῆς φάραγγος Καρυαί ἐστι χωρίον.
On the road to Pheneus a mountain will await you; on this mountain the boundaries of the land of the Orchomenians, the Pheneatians, and the Caphyans meet. Above the boundaries rises a high cliff; they call the cliff the Caphyatic Rock. After the boundaries of the cities mentioned, a ravine lies below, and the road to Pheneus leads through it; about the middle of the ravine water rises from a spring, and at the end of the ravine is a place Caryae.
- 8.13.1μέτεστι δὲ αὐτοῦ καὶ Μαντινεῦσι καὶ ἱέρειαν καὶ ἄνδρα ἱερέα
The impersonal verb μέτεστι (to have a share in) typically takes a dative of the person (Μαντινεῦσι) and a genitive of the thing shared (αὐτοῦ). Here, the accusatives ἱέρειαν καὶ ἄνδρα ἱερέα added after καί anomalously specify the manner of their sharing, i.e., their right/obligation to supply both a priestess and a priest.
- 8.13.1ἐνιαυτὸν καὶ οὐ πρόσω
The combination of the accusative of duration ἐνιαυτόν (for a year) and οὐ πρόσω (literally, 'and not further') forms a restrictive idiom meaning 'for exactly one year and no longer.'
- 8.13.3οἷς τισι δὲ ... ἐπολέμησαν
The relative clause introduced by οἷς τισι functions as a noun clause (equivalent to an indirect question) serving as the object of both main verbs ἐσήμαινεν and μνημονεύουσιν ('with which of the Peloponnesians... they fought').
- 8.13.4ἰόντι δὲ ἐξ Ὀρχομενοῦ καὶ σταδίους προελθόντι ὅσον τρεῖς
The dative singular masculine participles ἰόντι and προελθόντι are classic examples of the 'dative of reference' (or dative of the person judging), commonly used in geographical descriptions to frame the path from the traveler's viewpoint.