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)