Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.28.2

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Passage 1.28.2: Dedications in Athens from war spoils, including Phidias' bronze Athena and a bronze chariot.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

χωρὶς δὲ ἢ ὅσα κατέλεξα δύο μὲν Ἀθηναίοις εἰσὶ δεκάται πολεμήσασιν, ἄγαλμα Ἀθηνᾶς χαλκοῦν ἀπὸ Μήδων τῶν ἐς Μαραθῶνα ἀποβάντων τέχνη Φειδίου ---καί οἱ τὴν ἐπὶ τῆς ἀσπίδος μάχην Λαπιθῶν πρὸς Κενταύρους καὶ ὅσα ἄλλα ἐστὶν ἐπειργασμένα λέγουσι τορεῦσαι Μῦν , τῷ δὲ Μυῒ ταῦτά τε καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν ἔργων Παρράσιον καταγράψαι τὸν Εὐήνορος· ταύτης τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς ἡ τοῦ δόρατος αἰχμὴ καὶ ὁ λόφος τοῦ κράνους ἀπὸ Σουνίου προσπλέουσίν ἐστιν ἤδη σύνοπτα---, καὶ ἅρμα κεῖται χαλκοῦν ἀπὸ Βοιωτῶν δεκάτη καὶ Χαλκιδέων τῶν ἐν Εὐβοίᾳ. δύο δὲ ἄλλα ἐστὶν ἀναθήματα, Περικλῆς ὁ Ξανθίππου καὶ τῶν ἔργων τῶν Φειδίου θέας μάλιστα ἄξιον Ἀθηνᾶς ἄγαλμα ἀπὸ τῶν ἀναθέντων καλουμένης Λημνίας.

English Translation

Apart from those which I have mentioned, there are two dedications in Athens made from the spoils of war: a bronze statue of Athena, taken as a tithe from the Medes who landed at Marathon (the work of Pheidias—although they say the battle of the Lapiths with the Centaurs depicted on the shield and the rest of the carving were wrought by Mys, while Parrhasios, son of Euenor, drew these and other images for Mys). The point of this Athena's spear and the crest of her helmet can already be seen by those sailing in from Sounion. There is also placed there a bronze chariot, a tithe dedicated from the victory over the Boeotians and the Chalcidians in Euboea. In addition, two other dedications can be found: a statue of Pericles, son of Xanthippos, and a sculpture of Athena known as the Lemnian from those who dedicated it, the most worthy of Phidias' works to behold.

Proper Nouns

Lemnian (Athena) (Λημνία) deity
Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Centaurs (Κένταυροι) other
Boeotians (Βοιωτοί) person
Evenor (Εὐήνωρ) person Q1372298
Lapiths (Λαπίθαι) person
Also in: 1.17.2 5.10.8
Medes (Μῆδοι) person
Mys (Μῦς) person
Also in: 9.23.6
Xanthippos (Ξάνθιππος) person
Parrhasios (Παρράσιος) person
Also in: 6.8.2
Pericles (Περικλῆς) person
Pheidias (Φειδίας) person
Chalcidians (Χαλκιδεῖς) person
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Euboea (Εὔβοια) place Q173096
Marathon (Μαραθών) place Q212150 Pleiades
Sounion (Σούνιον) place Q1136637 Pleiades
Also in: 1.1.1 1.35.1 2.8.6
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