Abbreviated Work Title:
Paus.9.26.5
Work:
Graeciae descriptio
Section:
Book 9 chapter 26 section 5 line 2
Text:
ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ ὄρους τούτου πέντε ἀπέχει καὶ δέκα
σταδίους πόλεως ἐρείπια Ὀγχηστοῦ· φασὶ δὲ ἐνταῦθα
οἰκῆσαι Ποσειδῶνος παῖδα Ὀγχηστόν. ἐπ’ ἐμοῦ δὲ
ναός τε καὶ ἄγαλμα Ποσειδῶνος ἐλείπετο Ὀγχηστίου
καὶ τὸ ἄλσος, ὃ δὴ καὶ Ὅμηρος ἐπῄνεσε.
Translation:
Distant from this mountain [the Sphinx's mountain] fifteen stades are the ruins of the city Onchestus. They say that here dwelt Onchestus, a son of Poseidon. In my day there remained a temple and image of Onchestian Poseidon, and the grove which Homer too praised.
Translated By:
W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod (1918)