Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.1.3

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Passage 1.1.3: Sanctuary of Athena and Zeus at Piraeus.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

θέας δὲ ἄξιον τῶν ἐν Πειραιεῖ μάλιστα Ἀθηνᾶς ἐστι καὶ Διὸς τέμενος· χαλκοῦ μὲν ἀμφότερα τὰ ἀγάλματα, ἔχει δὲ ὁ μὲν σκῆπτρον καὶ Νίκην, ἡ δὲ Ἀθηνᾶ δόρυ. ἐνταῦθα Λεωσθένην, ὃς Ἀθηναίοις καὶ τοῖς πᾶσιν Ἕλλησιν ἡγούμενος Μακεδόνας ἔν τε Βοιωτοῖς ἐκράτησε μάχῃ καὶ αὖθις ἔξω Θερμοπυλῶν καὶ βιασάμενος ἐς Λάμιαν κατέκλεισε τὴν ἀπαντικρὺ τῆς Οἴτης, τοῦτον τὸν Λεωσθένην καὶ τοὺς παῖδας ἔγραψεν Ἀρκεσίλαος . ἔστι δὲ τῆς στοᾶς τῆς μακρᾶς, ἔνθα καθέστηκεν ἀγορὰ τοῖς ἐπὶ θαλάσσης---καὶ γὰρ τοῖς ἀπωτέρω τοῦ λιμένος ἐστὶν ἑτέρα---, τῆς δὲ ἐπὶ θαλάσσης στοᾶς ὄπισθεν ἑστᾶσι Ζεὺς καὶ Δῆμος, Λεωχάρους ἔργον. πρὸς δὲ τῇ θαλάσσῃ Κόνων ᾠκοδόμησεν Ἀφροδίτης ἱερόν, τριήρεις Λακεδαιμονίων κατεργασάμενος περὶ Κνίδον τὴν ἐν τῇ Καρικῇ χερρονήσῳ. Κνίδιοι γὰρ τιμῶσιν Ἀφροδίτην μάλιστα, καί σφισιν ἔστιν ἱερὰ τῆς θεοῦ· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἀρχαιότατον Δωρίτιδος, μετὰ δὲ τὸ Ἀκραίας, νεώτατον δὲ ἣν Κνιδίαν οἱ πολλοί, Κνίδιοι δὲ αὐτοὶ καλοῦσιν Εὔπλοιαν.

English Translation

Of the things most worthy to see in Piraeus is especially the sanctuary of Athena and Zeus. Their statues are both of bronze; Zeus holds a sceptre and a Nike, while Athena holds a spear. Here Arcesilaus depicted Leosthenes and his children—Leosthenes, who commanded the Athenians and all the Greeks, overcame the Macedonians in battle in Boeotia, defeated them again outside Thermopylae, and then compelled them into Lamia opposite Mount Oeta. Near the long colonnade, where a marketplace has been established for those at sea (for there is another market further away from the harbour), stand behind the maritime Stoa images of Zeus and the People (Demos), the work of Leochares. Near the sea Conon built a sanctuary of Aphrodite, after overwhelming the triremes of the Lacedaemonians around Cnidus at the Carian peninsula. The people of Cnidus especially honour Aphrodite, and have sanctuaries dedicated to the goddess: the oldest belongs to Aphrodite Doritis, the next oldest to Aphrodite Akraia, while the latest and generally named Cnidia—though the people of Cnidus themselves call her Euploia.

Proper Nouns

Zeus (Ζεύς) deity
Nike (Νίκη) deity
Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Boeotians (Βοιωτοί) other
Doritid (epithet of Aphrodite) (Δωρίτις) other
Demos (Δῆμος) other
Also in: 1.3.3 1.3.5
Euploia (epithet of Aphrodite) (Εὔπλοια) other
Cnidians/Knidians (Κνίδιοι) other
Cnidian (epithet of Aphrodite) (Κνιδία) other
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) other
Macedonians (Μακεδόνες) other
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) other
Acraea (epithet of Aphrodite) (Ἀκραία) other
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) other
Conon (Κόνων) person
Leosthenes (Λεωσθένης) person
Leochares (Λεωχάρης) person
Arkesilaos (Ἀρκεσίλαος) person
Thermopylae (Θερμοπύλαι) place Q194450 Pleiades
Caria (Καρία) place Q193214
Cnidus (Κνίδος) place Q690575
Lamia (Λάμια) place Q192980 Pleiades
Also in: 7.6.5 10.3.4
Oeta (Οἴτη) place Q132378
Piraeus (Πειραιεύς) place Q58976 Pleiades
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