Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.13.7

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Passage 10.13.7: Heracles and Apollo struggling for the tripod.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἡρακλῆς δὲ καὶ Ἀπόλλων ἔχονται τοῦ τρίποδος καὶ ἐς μάχην περὶ αὐτοῦ καθίστανται· Λητὼ μὲν δὴ καὶ Ἄρτεμις Ἀπόλλωνα, Ἀθηνᾶ δὲ Ἡρακλέα ἐπέχουσι τοῦ θυμοῦ. Φωκέων καὶ τοῦτό ἐστιν ἀνάθημα, ὅτε σφίσιν ἐπὶ τοὺς Θεσσαλοὺς Τελλίας ἡγήσατο Ἠλεῖος. τὰ μὲν δὴ ἄλλα ἀγάλματα Δίυλλός τε ἐν κοινῷ καὶ Ἀμυκλαῖος , τὴν δὲ Ἀθηνᾶν καὶ Ἄρτεμιν Χίονίς ἐστιν εἰργασμένος· Κορινθίους δὲ εἶναί φασιν αὐτούς.

English Translation

Heracles and Apollo are gripping the tripod and preparing to fight over it. Leto and Artemis hold Apollo back, while Athena restrains Heracles' anger. This offering, too, is from the Phokians, dedicated when Tellias the Elean led them against the Thessalians. The rest of the statues were, on the whole, made by Diyllos and Amyklaios, but Athena and Artemis are the work of Chionis; these sculptors are said to have been Corinthians.

Proper Nouns

Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity Q37122
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity Q37340
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity Q39503
Leto (Λητώ) deity Q103107
Amyklaian (Ἀμυκλαῖος) other
Diullos (Δίυλλος) person Q987275
Eleians (Ἠλεῖος) person
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person
Tellias (Τελλίας) person Q11953845
Chionis (Χίονίς) person Q1074480
Thessalians (Θεσσαλοί) place Q3984995
Corinthians (Κορίνθιοι) place Q131841385
Phokians (Φωκῆς) place Q21095133
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