Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.18.3

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Passage 1.18.3: Prytaneion with Solon's laws and statues of Peace, Hestia, and other figures.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

πλησίον δὲ πρυτανεῖόν ἐστιν, ἐν ᾧ νόμοι τε οἱ Σόλωνός εἰσι γεγραμμένοι καὶ θεῶν Εἰρήνης ἀγάλματα κεῖται καὶ Ἑστίας, ἀνδριάντες δὲ ἄλλοι τε καὶ Αὐτόλυκος ὁ παγκρατιαστής· τὰς γὰρ Μιλτιάδου καὶ Θεμιστοκλέους εἰκόνας ἐς Ῥωμαῖόν τε ἄνδρα καὶ Θρᾷκα μετέγραψαν.

English Translation

Near by is the Prytaneion, in which stand the written laws of Solon and statues of the goddesses Peace and Hestia. There are also statues of various other persons, including Autolykos the pancratiast; but the images of Miltiades and Themistocles have been re-inscribed as a Roman and a Thracian.

Proper Nouns

Eirene (Εἰρήνη) deity
Also in: 1.8.2 6.9.3 9.16.2
Hestia (Ἑστία) deity
Thracian (Θρᾷξ) other
Roman (Ῥωμαῖος) other
Also in: 1.20.7 10.36.6
Autolykos (Αὐτόλυκος) person
Themistocles (Θεμιστοκλῆς) person
Miltiades (Μιλτιάδης) person
Solon (Σόλων) person
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