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Corinth
Laconia
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Achaia
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On entering the city there is a building for the preparation of the processions, which are held in some cases every year, in others at longer intervals. Hard by is a temple of Demeter, with images of the goddess herself and of her daughter, and of Iacchus holding a torch. On the wall, in Attic characters, is written that they are works of Praxiteles. Not far from the temple is Poseidon on horseback, hurling a spear against the giant Polybotes, concerning whom is prevalent among the Coans the story about the promontory of Chelone. But the inscription of our time assigns the statue to another, and not to Poseidon. From the gate to the Cerameicus there are porticoes, and in front of them brazen statues of such as had some title to fame, both men and women.
Pausanias. Pausanias Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
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- The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, ATHENS Attica, Greece.
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), CHELONATAS
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), NÍSYRUS
- Smith's Bio, Acrato'potes
- Smith's Bio, Athe'na
- Smith's Bio, Deme'ter
- Smith's Bio, Diony'sus
- Smith's Bio, Eubu'lides
- Smith's Bio, Ge'nius
- Smith's Bio, Iacchus
- Smith's Bio, Ica'rius
- Smith's Bio, Melpo'menus
- Smith's Bio, Mnemo'syne
- Smith's Bio, Paeo'nia
- Smith's Bio, Pe'gasus
- Smith's Bio, Polybo'tes
- Smith's Bio, Poseidon
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- Isaeus, Philoctemon, Isaeus 6 20
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