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A Pausanias Commentary in Progress

deein (deesthai) ‘tie down’

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Pausanias 1.17.4

Gregory Nagy

The mythological theme of being tied down or bound (as in the wording Prometheus Bound) is expressed by such verbs as deein (deesthai), which conveys the mystical idea of cosmic as ... Continue reading