Pausanias Analysis - Current Sentence Tags 9.4

Chapter 9.4

Passage	Sentence	Bucket	Confidence	Greek	English	Rationale
9.4.1	1	other	high	Πλαταιεῦσι δὲ Ἀθηνᾶς ἐπίκλησιν Ἀρείας ἐστὶν ἱερόν·	The Plataeans have a sanctuary dedicated to Athena with the epithet Areia ("Warlike").	A sanctuary description: geographical/religious topography, not a mythic or historical event.
9.4.1	2	historical	high	ᾠκοδομήθη δὲ ἀπὸ λαφύρων ἃ τῆς μάχης σφίσιν Ἀθηναῖοι τῆς Μαραθῶνι ἀπένειμαν.	They built it from the spoils awarded to them by the Athenians from the battle of Marathon.	Refers to the Battle of Marathon and its spoils, a post-500 BC historical event affecting the monument's construction.
9.4.1	3	other	high	τὸ μὲν δὴ ἄγαλμα ξόανόν ἐστιν ἐπίχρυσον, πρόσωπον δέ οἱ καὶ χεῖρες ἄκραι καὶ πόδες λίθου τοῦ Πεντελησίου εἰσί·	The statue is a wooden image gilded over; the face, the extremities of the hands, and the feet are made from Pentelic marble.	Purely descriptive account of the statue’s materials; no mythic or historical event.
9.4.1	4	historical	high	μέγεθος μὲν οὐ πολὺ δή τι ἀποδεῖ τῆς ἐν ἀκροπόλει χαλκῆς, ἣν καὶ αὐτὴν Ἀθηναῖοι τοῦ Μαραθῶνι ἀπαρχὴν ἀγῶνος ἀνέθηκαν,	In size it is not much smaller than the bronze Athena on the Acropolis, which the Athenians themselves dedicated as a first-offering from the spoils of Marathon.	Refers to the Athenians’ dedication after the Battle of Marathon, a post-500 BC historical event.
9.4.1	5	other	high	Φειδίας δὲ καὶ Πλαταιεῦσιν ἦν ὁ τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς τὸ ἄγαλμα ποιήσας.	Pheidias also made for the Plataeans this statue of Athena.	A report of an artist making a cult statue for the Plataeans; antiquarian/descriptive rather than mythic or historical event.
9.4.2	1	mythic	high	γραφαὶ δέ εἰσιν ἐν τῷ ναῷ Πολυγνώτου μὲν Ὀδυσσεὺς τοὺς μνηστῆρας ἤδη κατειργασμένος, Ὀνασία δὲ Ἀδράστου καὶ Ἀργείων ἐπὶ Θήβας ἡ προτέρα στρατεία.	There are paintings within the temple: one by Polygnotus depicting Odysseus, who has already slain the suitors; another by Onasias showing Adrastus and the earlier expedition of the Argives against Thebes.	The sentence describes paintings of Odysseus, the suitors, Adrastus, and the expedition against Thebes, all mythic subjects.
9.4.2	2	other	high	αὗται μὲν δή εἰσιν ἐπὶ τοῦ προνάου τῶν τοίχων αἱ γραφαί,	These paintings are placed on the walls of the pronaos.	A straightforward architectural description of where the paintings are located in the pronaos.
9.4.2	3	historical	high	κεῖται δὲ τοῦ ἀγάλματος πρὸς τοῖς ποσὶν εἰκὼν Ἀριμνήστου·	At the feet of the statue lies the image of Arimnestus.	Mentions the image of Arimnestus at the statue's feet, an honorific/historical monument rather than a mythic event.
9.4.2	4	historical	high	ὁ δὲ Ἀρίμνηστος ἔν τε τῇ πρὸς Μαρδόνιον μάχῃ καὶ ἔτι πρότερον ἐς Μαραθῶνα Πλαταιεῦσιν ἡγήσατο.	Arimnestus commanded the Plataeans in both the battle against Mardonius and, earlier still, at Marathon.	Refers to Arimnestus’ role in the Persian Wars at Marathon and against Mardonius, which are historical events.
9.4.3	1	other	high	ἔστι δὲ καὶ Δήμητρος ἐπίκλησιν Ἐλευσινίας ἱερὸν ἐν Πλαταιαῖς καὶ Ληίτου μνῆμα·	There is also at Plataea a sanctuary of Demeter surnamed Eleusinia, and the tomb of Leitus.	Topographical description of a sanctuary and a tomb; no event is narrated.
9.4.3	2	mythic	high	τῶν δὲ ἡγεμόνων, οἳ Βοιωτοὺς ἐς Τροίαν ἤγαγον, μόνος ἀνέστρεψεν οἴκαδε οὗτος ὁ Λήιτος.	Of the leaders who brought the Boeotians to Troy, this Leitus alone returned home.	Refers to the Trojan War and the return of a hero from Troy, which are mythic events.
9.4.3	3	historical	high	τὴν δὲ κρήνην τὴν Γαργαφίαν Μαρδόνιος καὶ ἡ ἵππος συνέχεεν ἡ Περσῶν, ὅτι τὸ Ἑλλήνων στράτευμα τὸ ἀντικαθήμενόν σφισιν ἀπʼ αὐτῆς ἔπινεν·	As for the Gargaphian spring, Mardonius and the Persian cavalry defiled it, because the Greek army encamped opposite drank from its waters;	Refers to the Persian Wars: Mardonius and Persian cavalry defiling a spring during the Battle of Plataea, a historical event after 500 BC.
9.4.3	4	historical	high	ὕστερον μέντοι τὸ ὕδωρ ἀνεσώσαντο οἱ Πλαταιεῖς.	later, however, the Plataeans restored the spring.	Describes an action by the Plataeans, a historical community, restoring a spring.
9.4.4	1	mythic	high	ἐκ Πλαταίας δὲ ἰοῦσιν ἐς Θήβας ποταμός ἐστιν Ὠερόη· θυγατέρα δὲ εἶναι τὴν Ὠερόην τοῦ Ἀσωποῦ λέγουσι.	On the way from Plataea to Thebes there is a river named Oeroë; they say that this Oeroë is a daughter of the Asopus.	Identifies a river as a daughter of Asopus, a mythic genealogy.
9.4.4	2	other	high	πρὶν δὲ ἢ διαβῆναι τὸν Ἀσωπόν, παρʼ αὐτὸ τὸ ῥεῦμα ἀποτραπεῖσιν ἐς τὰ κάτω καὶ προελθοῦσιν ὅσον τεσσαράκοντα στάδια ἔστιν ἐρείπια Σκώλου·	But before crossing the Asopus, turning aside beside the stream itself and proceeding downstream about forty stadia, one comes upon the ruins of Scolus.	Purely route/topographical description locating the ruins of Scolus by the Asopus.
9.4.4	3	other	high	Δήμητρος δὲ καὶ Κόρης ἐν τοῖς ἐρειπίοις οὐκ ἐξειργασμένος ὁ ναός, ἡμίεργα δὲ καὶ ταῖς θεαῖς ἐστι τὰ ἀγάλματα.	Within these ruins is an unfinished temple of Demeter and Kore, and the statues of the goddesses are only half-completed.	Describes the ruins and unfinished temple/statues at the site; purely descriptive and archaeological, not an event.
9.4.4	4	other	high	ἀποκρίνει δὲ καὶ νῦν ἔτι ἀπὸ τῆς Θηβαίων τὴν Πλαταιίδα ὁ Ἀσωπός.	Even now, the Asopus remains the boundary dividing the land of Plataea from the territory of the Thebans.	Describes a present-day geographical boundary formed by a river, not a mythic or historical event.