Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.11.6

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Passage 10.11.6: Stoa of naval spoils with ship figureheads and bronze shields.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

ᾠκοδόμησαν δὲ καὶ Ἀθηναῖοι στοὰν ἀπὸ χρημάτων ἃ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ σφίσιν ἐγένετο ἀπό τε Πελοποννησίων καὶ ὅσαι Πελοποννησίοις ἦσαν τοῦ Ἑλληνικοῦ σύμμαχοι. ἀνάκειται δὲ καὶ πλοίων τὰ ἄκρα κοσμήματα καὶ ἀσπίδες χαλκαῖ· τὸ δὲ ἐπίγραμμα τὸ ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς ἀριθμεῖ τὰς πόλεις ἀφʼ ὧν οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι τὰ ἀκροθίνια ἀπέστειλαν, τήν τε Ἠλείων καὶ Λακεδαιμονίων Σικυῶνά τε καὶ Μέγαρα καὶ Πελληνέας Ἀχαιῶν Ἀμβρακίαν τε καὶ Λευκάδα καὶ αὐτὴν Κόρινθον· γενέσθαι δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν ναυμαχιῶν τούτων καὶ θυσίαν Θησεῖ καὶ τῷ Ποσειδῶνι ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνομαζομένῳ Ῥίῳ. καί μοι φαίνεται τὸ ἐπίγραμμα ἐς Φορμίωνα τὸν Ἀσωπίχου ἔχειν καὶ ἐς τοῦ Φορμίωνος τὰ ἔργα.

English Translation

The Athenians also built a stoa with the funds they acquired in the war from the Peloponnesians and from those allies of the Peloponnesians among the Hellenic states. There are set up there the figureheads of ships and bronze shields. The inscription upon these enumerates the cities from which the Athenians sent the spoils of their victory: the city of Elis and of the Lacedaemonians, Sicyon, Megara, Pellene of the Achaeans, Ambracia, Leucas, and Corinth itself. Furthermore, because of these naval victories, a sacrifice was instituted to Theseus and to Poseidon at the place called Rhion. And it seems to me that the inscription also refers to Phormio, son of Asopichus, and to the deeds accomplished by this Phormio.

Proper Nouns

Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) deity
Hellenic (Ἑλληνικόν) other
Theseus (Θησεύς) person
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Peloponnesians (Πελοποννήσιοι) person
Phormion (Φορμίων) person
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Asopichus (Ἀσωπίχος) person
Also in: 1.23.10
Achaeans (Ἀχαιοί) person
Eleans (Ἠλεῖοι) person
Corinth (Κόρινθος) place Q1363688 Pleiades
Leukas (Leucas) (Λευκάς) place Q190138
Also in: 10.9.10
Megara (Μέγαρα) place Q42307600
Pellene (Πελλαίνα) place Q2068130
Sicyon (Σικυών) place Q368628 Pleiades
Ambrakia (Ἀμβρακία) place Q661559
Also in: 10.9.10
Rhion (Ῥίον) place Q24990480
Also in: 7.22.10 8.5.6
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