Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.3.5

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Passage 1.3.5: Sanctuary of the Mother of the Gods and the Council Chamber of the Five Hundred

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ᾠκοδόμηται δὲ καὶ Μητρὸς θεῶν ἱερόν, ἣν Φειδίας εἰργάσατο, καὶ πλησίον τῶν πεντακοσίων καλουμένων βουλευτήριον, οἳ βουλεύουσιν ἐνιαυτὸν Ἀθηναίοις· Βουλαίου δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ κεῖται ξόανον Διὸς καὶ Ἀπόλλων τέχνη Πεισίου καὶ Δῆμος ἔργον Λύσωνος . τοὺς δὲ θεσμοθέτας ἔγραψε Πρωτογένης Καύνιος, Ὀλβιάδης δὲ Κάλλιππον, ὃς Ἀθηναίους ἐς Θερμοπύλας ἤγαγε φυλάξοντας τὴν ἐς τὴν Ἑλλάδα Γαλατῶν ἐσβολήν.

English Translation

There is also a sanctuary built to the Mother of the Gods, a work created by Pheidias, and near it is the Council Chamber of those called the Five Hundred, who advise the Athenians for a year. Within this chamber stands a wooden image of Zeus Boulaios, as well as an Apollo crafted by Peisias and a representation of the People by Lyson. Protogenes of Caunus painted the Thesmothetai, and Olbiades painted Callippos, who led the Athenians to Thermopylae to repel the invasion of Greece by the Gauls.

Proper Nouns

Boulaeus (of the Council) (Βουλαῖος) deity
Zeus (Ζεύς) deity
Mother of the Gods (Μήτηρ θεῶν) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Gauls (Γαλάται) other
Demos (Δῆμος) other
Also in: 1.1.3 1.3.3
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) other
Callippos (Κάλλιππος) person
Lysōn (Λύσων) person
Peisios (Πείσιος) person
Protoghenes the Caunian (Πρωτογένης Καύνιος) person
Pheidias (Φειδίας) person
Olbiades (Ὀλβιάδης) person
Thermopylae (Θερμοπύλαι) place Q194450 Pleiades
Hellas (Ἑλλάς) place Q7798
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