Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.23.7

← 1.23.6 1.23.8 →

Passage 1.23.7: Sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia with a statue by Praxiteles.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

καὶ ἄλλα ἐν τῇ Ἀθηναίων ἀκροπόλει θεασάμενος οἶδα, Λυκίου τοῦ Μύρωνος χαλκοῦν παῖδα, ὃς τὸ περιρραντήριον ἔχει, καὶ Μύρωνος Περσέα τὸ ἐς Μέδουσαν ἔργον εἰργασμένον. καὶ Ἀρτέμιδος ἱερόν ἐστι Βραυρωνίας, Πραξιτέλους μὲν τέχνη τὸ ἄγαλμα, τῇ θεῷ δέ ἐστιν ἀπὸ Βραυρῶνος δήμου τὸ ὄνομα καὶ τὸ ἀρχαῖον ξόανόν ἐστιν ἐν Βραυρῶνι, Ἄρτεμις ὡς λέγουσιν ἡ Ταυρική.

English Translation

I have also seen other things on the Acropolis of the Athenians: the bronze figure of a boy by Lycius, son of Myron, holding the basin for ritual purification, and Perseus by Myron, a work crafted in reference to Medusa. There is also a sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia, and the statue is by Praxiteles; the goddess takes her name from the deme of Brauron, and the ancient wooden image is at Brauron, where, as they say, Artemis is worshipped as she is in Tauris.

Proper Nouns

Brauronia (Βραυρωνία) deity
Also in: 8.46.3
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Medusa (Μέδουσα) other
Also in: 5.10.4
Lycian (Λύκιος) person
Myron (Μύρων) person
Perseus (Περσεύς) person
Praxiteles (Πραξιτέλης) person
Brauron (Βραυρών) place Q475497 Pleiades
Tauris (Ταυρίς) place Q1761310
Also in: 3.16.7
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
← 1.23.6 1.23.8 →