Pausanias, Description of Greece, W.H.S. Jones (Translator), H.A. Ormerod (Translator), 6.20.7

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[7]
There is within the Altis by the processional entrance the Hippodameium, as it is called, about a quarter of an acre of ground surrounded by a wall. Into it once every year the women may enter, who sacrifice to Hippodameia, and do her honor in other ways. The story is that Hippodameia withdrew to Midea in Argolis , because Pelops was very angry with her over the death of Chrysippus. The Eleans declare that subsequently, because of an oracle, they brought the bones of Hippodameia to Olympia .

Description of Greece. Pausanias. W.H.S. Jones (Translator), H.A. Ormerod (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1918-1935.

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Description of Greece (English) (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.)

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Ἑλλάδος Περιηγήσεως Perseus (Pausanias. Pausaniae Graeciae descriptio, Volumes 1-3. Spiro, Friedrich, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1903.) — 6.20.7 focus

[7]
ἔστι δὲ ἐντὸς τῆς Ἄλτεως κατὰ τὴν πομπικὴν ἔσοδον Ἱπποδάμειον καλούμενον, ὅσον πλέθρου χωρίον περιεχόμενον θριγκῷ· ἐς τοῦτο ἅπαξ κατὰ ἔτος ἕκαστον ἔστι ταῖς γυναιξὶν ἔσοδος, αἳ θύουσι τῇ Ἱπποδαμείᾳ καὶ ἄλλα ἐς τιμὴν δρῶσιν αὐτῆς. τὴν δὲ Ἱπποδάμειάν φασιν ἐς Μιδέαν τὴν ἐν τῇ Ἀργολίδι ἀποχωρῆσαι, ἅτε τοῦ Πέλοπος ἐπὶ τῷ Χρυσίππου θανάτῳ μάλιστα ἐς ἐκείνην ἔχοντος τὴν ὀργήν· αὐτοὶ δὲ ὕστερον ἐκ μαντείας κομίσαι φασὶ τῆς Ἱπποδαμείας τὰ ὀστᾶ ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ.

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English (Jones and Ormerod; retranslated Gregory Nagy, CHS, 2018) (OCR draft) Experimental (CHS Pausanias Reader retranslation by Gregory Nagy, based on Jones and Ormerod, with marked Greek terms, notes, quotations, and bibliographic attributions preserved.) — 6.20.7 focus

[7] There is within the Altis by the processional entrance the Hippodameion, as it is called, about a quarter of an acre of ground surrounded by a wall. Into it once every year the women may enter, who sacrifice to Hippodameia, and do her honor in other ways. The story is that Hippodameia withdrew to Midea in Argolis, because Pelops was very angry with her over the death of Khrysippos. The Eleians declare that subsequently, because of an oracle, they brought the bones of Hippodameia to Olympia.

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