Pausanias Analysis

Chapter 1.27

• 1.27.1: Temple of Polias with wooden Hermes, Daedalus' chair, and Persian spoils.
• 1.27.2: The sacred olive tree of Athens miraculously regrew after being burned.
• 1.27.3: Secret nighttime ritual of the Arrephoroi maidens.
• 1.27.4: Bronze statues of Erechtheus and Eumolpus poised for battle
• 1.27.5: Tolmides' raids, colonization efforts, and defeat at Haliartus
• 1.27.6: Cycnus fighting Heracles
• 1.27.7: Young Theseus seizes an axe to attack Heracles' lion skin.
• 1.27.8: Theseus uncovering Aegeus' sandals and sword beneath a rock.
• 1.27.9: Theseus and the Cretan Bull sent by Poseidon
• 1.27.10: Theseus sacrifices the Cretan bull on the Acropolis.