Pausanias, Description of Greece, ed. W. H. S. Jones, ed. H. A. Ormerod, ed. Gregory Nagy, 10.32.10

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[10] One generation before I was born, the superhuman force [ daimōn] made the fortunes of Tithorea decay. There are the buildings of a theater, and the enclosure of a rather ancient marketplace. The most noteworthy objects in the city are the grove, temple, and image of Athena. There is also the tomb of Antiope and Phokos. I have already in my account of Thebes mentioned how Antiope went mad because of the wrath of Dionysus, and the reason why she brought on herself the anger of the god;

Description of Greece. Pausanias. ed. W. H. S. Jones, ed. H. A. Ormerod, ed. Gregory Nagy. . .

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Ἑλλάδος Περιηγήσεως Perseus (Pausanias. Pausaniae Graeciae descriptio, Volumes 1-3. Spiro, Friedrich, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1903.) — 10.32.10 focus

[10] γενεᾷ δὲ ἤ με γενέσθαι μιᾷ πρότερον ἐς τὸ χεῖρον ἔτρεψεν ὁ δαίμων τὰ ἐν τῇ Τιθορέᾳ. θεάτρου μὲν δὴ καὶ κατασκευὴ καὶ περίβολός ἐστιν ἀγορᾶς ἀρχαιοτέρας· τὰ δὲ τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει μάλιστα ἐς μνήμην ἥκοντα Ἀθηνᾶς ἐστιν ἄλσος καὶ ναός τε καὶ ἄγαλμα· καὶ ἐς μνήμην Ἀντιόπης μνῆμά ἐστι καὶ Φώκου. καί μοι τοῦ λόγου τὰ ἔχοντα ἐς Θηβαίους ἐδήλωσε μὲν ὡς ἡ Ἀντιόπη διʼ ὀργὴν ἐκ Διονύσου μανείη, καὶ κατὰ αἰτίαν ἥντινα ἐπεσπάσατο ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ τὸ μήνιμα, ἐδήλωσε δὲ καὶ ὡς ἐρασθέντι Φώκῳ

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Description of Greece Perseus (Pausanias. Pausanias Description of Greece, Volumes 1-4. Jones, W.H.S. (William Henry Samuel), translator; Ormerod, Henry Arderne, translator. London, New York: W. Heinemann, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1918-1935.) — 10.32.10 focus

[10] One generation before I was born heaven made the fortunes of Tithorea decay. There are the buildings of a theater, and the enclosure of a rather ancient market-place. The most noteworthy objects in the city are the grove, temple and image of Athena. There is also the tomb of Antiope and Phocus. I have already in my account of Thebes mentioned¹ how Antiope went mad because of the wrath of Dionysus, and the reason why she brought on herself the anger of the god;

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