Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.24.3

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Passage 1.24.3: Sanctuary of Athena Ergane and its dedications.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

πολλὰ δʼ ἄν τις ἐθέλων εἰκάζοι. λέλεκται δέ μοι καὶ πρότερον ὡς Ἀθηναίοις περισσότερόν τι ἢ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐς τὰ θεῖά ἐστι σπουδῆς· πρῶτοι μὲν γὰρ Ἀθηνᾶν ἐπωνόμασαν Ἐργάνην, πρῶτοι δʼ ἀκώλους Ἑρμᾶς ἀνέθεσαν , ὁμοῦ δέ σφισιν ἐν τῷ ναῷ †σπουδαίων δαίμων ἐστίν. ὅστις δὲ τὰ σὺν τέχνῃ πεποιημένα ἐπίπροσθε τίθεται τῶν ἐς ἀρχαιότητα ἡκόντων, καὶ τάδε ἔστιν οἱ θεάσασθαι. κράνος ἐστὶν ἐπικείμενος ἀνὴρ Κλεοίτου , καί οἱ τοὺς ὄνυχας ἀργυροῦς ἐνεποίησεν ὁ Κλεοίτας· ἔστι δὲ καὶ Γῆς ἄγαλμα ἱκετευούσης ὗσαί οἱ τὸν Δία, εἴτε αὐτοῖς ὄμβρου δεῆσαν Ἀθηναίοις εἴτε καὶ τοῖς πᾶσιν Ἕλλησι συμβὰς αὐχμός. ἐνταῦθα καὶ Τιμόθεος ὁ Κόνωνος καὶ αὐτὸς κεῖται Κόνων· Πρόκνην δὲ τὰ ἐς τὸν παῖδα βεβουλευμένην αὐτήν τε καὶ τὸν Ἴτυν ἀνέθηκεν Ἀλκαμένης. πεποίηται δὲ καὶ τὸ φυτὸν τῆς ἐλαίας Ἀθηνᾶ καὶ κῦμα ἀναφαίνων Ποσειδῶν·

English Translation

One could speculate upon many things if willing. I have said previously, too, that the Athenians have greater earnestness regarding divine matters than other people. It was they who first gave Athena the surname Ergane ("Worker"), and they who first erected Hermae without limbs. And among them in the sanctuary there is a deity of earnestness. Whoever places a higher value upon works made with skill than upon those belonging to antiquity will have here objects to behold. There is a man wearing a helmet, the work of Cleoetas; Cleoetas also fashioned his fingernails from silver. There is also a statue of Earth, beseeching Zeus to rain upon her, either because the Athenians themselves needed rain, or because drought had afflicted all the Greeks collectively. In this place are laid to rest Timotheus, son of Conon, and Conon himself. Alcamenes made the dedication of Procne, planning her crime against her son, and of Itys himself. Sculpted also are Athena's olive tree and Poseidon, manifesting a wave.

Proper Nouns

Ge (Earth) (Γῆ) deity
Zeus (Ζεύς) deity
Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) deity
Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Ergane (Ἐργάνη) deity
Hermes (Ἑρμῆς) deity
Cleoitus (Κλεόιτας) person
Also in: 5.24.5
Cleoitus (Κλεόιτος) person
Conon (Κόνων) person
Procne (Πρόκνη) person
Timotheus (Τιμόθεος) person
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Alcamenes (Ἀλκαμένης) person
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Itys (Ἴτυς) person
Also in: 1.41.8
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