Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.40.3

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Passage 1.40.3: Statue of Artemis "Saviour" by Strongylion

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τέλος δὲ αὐτοῖς ἀναλωθῆναι τοὺς ὀιστοὺς ἐς ἄνδρας πολεμίους τοξεύειν προθυμίᾳ πλέονι νομίζουσιν· ἡμέρα τε ὑπεφαίνετο καὶ οἱ Μεγαρεῖς ἐπῄεσαν, μαχόμενοι δὲ ὁπλῖται πρὸς ἀνόπλους καὶ οὐδὲ βελῶν εὐποροῦντας ἔτι φονεύουσιν αὐτῶν τοὺς πολλούς· καὶ ἐπὶ τῷδε Σωτείρας ἄγαλμα ἐποιήσαντο Ἀρτέμιδος. ἐνταῦθα καὶ τῶν δώδεκα ὀνομαζομένων θεῶν ἐστιν ἀγάλματα ἔργα εἶναι λεγόμενα Πραξιτέλους · τὴν δὲ Ἄρτεμιν αὐτὴν Στρογγυλίων ἐποίησε.

English Translation

They believe that, in their eagerness, they finally exhausted their arrows by shooting them against their enemies. Daylight was already breaking, and the Megarians advanced upon them. Since armored hoplites fought against unarmed men who no longer even had sufficient supply of missiles, most of these were slain. In consequence of this event, they erected a statue of Artemis bearing the name "Saviour." In this place also stand statues of the deities called "the Twelve Gods," said to be works of Praxiteles; but the statue of Artemis herself was made by Strongylion.

Proper Nouns

Soteira (Saviour) (Σωτείρα) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Megarians (Μεγαρεῖς) person
Praxiteles (Πραξιτέλης) person
Strongylion (Στρογγύλιος) person
Also in: 9.30.1
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