Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.13.9

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Passage 10.13.9: Common Plataean dedication: golden tripod atop a bronze serpent, gold later taken by Phocians.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐν κοινῷ δὲ ἀνέθεσαν ἀπὸ ἔργου τοῦ Πλαταιᾶσιν οἱ Ἕλληνες χρυσοῦν τρίποδα δράκοντι ἐπικείμενον χαλκῷ. ὅσον μὲν δὴ χαλκὸς ἦν τοῦ ἀναθήματος, σῶον καὶ ἐς ἐμὲ ἔτι ἦν· οὐ μέντοι κατὰ τὰ αὐτὰ καὶ τὸν χρυσὸν οἱ Φωκέων ὑπελίποντο ἡγεμόνες.

English Translation

Together as a common dedication from the spoils of the battle at Plataea, the Greeks set up a golden tripod mounted upon a bronze serpent. As for the bronze portion of this offering, it remained intact even down to my own times; however, the Phocian leaders did not leave the gold similarly untouched.

Proper Nouns

Phocians (Φωκεῖς) person
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Plataea (Πλαταιαί) place Q742538
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