Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.35.3

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Passage 1.35.3: Temple of Ajax with ebony statue; honors to Ajax and Eurysaces.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

ἔστι δὲ ἀγορᾶς τε ἔτι ἐρείπια καὶ ναὸς Αἴαντος, ἄγαλμα δὲ ἐξ ἐβένου ξύλου· διαμένουσι δὲ καὶ ἐς τόδε τῷ Αἴαντι παρὰ Ἀθηναίοις τιμαὶ αὐτῷ τε καὶ Εὐρυσάκει, καὶ γὰρ Εὐρυσάκους βωμός ἐστιν ἐν Ἀθήναις. δείκνυται δὲ λίθος ἐν Σαλαμῖνι οὐ πόρρω τοῦ λιμένος· ἐπὶ τούτου καθήμενον Τελαμῶνα ὁρᾶν λέγουσιν ἐς τὴν ναῦν ἀποπλεόντων οἱ τῶν παίδων ἐς Αὐλίδα ἐπὶ τὸν κοινὸν τῶν Ἑλλήνων στόλον.

English Translation

There are still to be seen ruins of the marketplace, as well as a temple of Ajax, with its statue made of ebony wood. Ajax continues even now to receive honors from the Athenians, both he himself and Eurysaces; indeed there is also an altar dedicated to Eurysaces at Athens. On Salamis they point out a stone not far from the harbor, upon which, they say, Telamon sat watching his sons sailing away towards Aulis to join the common expedition of the Greeks.

Proper Nouns

Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) other
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) other
Ajax (Αἴας) person Q14566703
Eurysaces (Εὐρυσάκης) person
Also in: 1.35.2
Telamon (Τελαμών) person
Aulis (Αὐλίς) place Q4821780
Salamis (Σαλαμίς) place Q767089
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
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