Pausanias Analysis

Passage 1.8.5

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Passage 1.8.5: Statues of Harmodius and Aristogeiton taken by Xerxes and later returned by Antiochus.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

οὐ πόρρω δὲ ἑστᾶσιν Ἁρμόδιος καὶ Ἀριστογείτων οἱ κτείναντες Ἵππαρχον· αἰτία δὲ ἥτις ἐγένετο καὶ τὸ ἔργον ὅντινα τρόπον ἔπραξαν, ἑτέροις ἐστὶν εἰρημένα. τῶν δὲ ἀνδριάντων οἱ μέν εἰσι Κριτίου τέχνη, τοὺς δὲ ἀρχαίους ἐποίησεν Ἀντήνωρ · Ξέρξου δέ, ὡς εἷλεν Ἀθήνας ἐκλιπόντων τὸ ἄστυ Ἀθηναίων, ἀπαγαγομένου καὶ τούτους ἅτε λάφυρα, κατέπεμψεν ὕστερον Ἀθηναίοις Ἀντίοχος.

English Translation

Not far off stand Harmodius and Aristogeiton, the men who slew Hipparchus. The reason for their action and the particular manner in which they carried it out have already been described by others. Of their statues, some are the work of Critius, whereas the original ones were made by Antenor. When Xerxes captured Athens after the Athenians had abandoned the city, he took away these statues among the other spoils of war; later, Antiochus returned them to the Athenians.

Proper Nouns

Kritias (Κριτίας) person
Also in: 1.23.9 6.3.5
Xerxes (Ξέρξης) person
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Antenor (Ἀντήνωρ) person
Also in: 4.36.4 5.19.4
Antiochus (Ἀντίοχος) person
Aristogeiton (Ἀριστογείτων) person
Harmodios (Ἁρμόδιος) person
Also in: 1.29.15 6.12.6
Hipparchos (Ἵππαρχος) person
Also in: 1.23.2 1.29.15
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
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