Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.15.6

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Passage 10.15.6: Delphi dedication of Battus in a chariot, with Cyrene and Libya.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἀθηναίοις μὲν δὴ καὶ ἄλλα σημεῖα μὴ ἐκπλεῦσαι σφᾶς ἀπαγορεύοντα ἐς Σικελίαν διηγήσατο ὁ Κλειτόδημος, Κυρηναῖοι δὲ ἀνέθεσαν ἐν Δελφοῖς Βάττον ἐπὶ ἅρματι, ὃς ἐς Λιβύην ἤγαγε σφᾶς ναυσὶν ἐκ Θήρας. ἡνίοχος μὲν τοῦ ἅρματός ἐστι Κυρήνη, ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ ἅρματι Βάττος τε καὶ Λιβύη στεφανοῦσά ἐστιν αὐτόν· ἐποίησε δὲ Ἀμφίων Ἀκέστορος Κνώσσιος.

English Translation

Cleitodemus has indeed related also other signs that warned the Athenians not to sail to Sicily. The Cyrenaeans, for their part, dedicated at Delphi a statue of Battus in a chariot, who led them by ships from Thera to Libya. The charioteer of this chariot is Cyrene; standing upon the chariot are Battus himself and Libya crowning him. Amphion son of Acestor from Cnossus made this dedication.

Proper Nouns

Battos (Βάττος) person Q409834
Also in: 3.14.3 10.15.7
Kleitodemos (Κλειτόδημος) person
Also in: 10.15.5
Cyrenaeans (Κυρηναῖοι) person
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Akestor (Ἀκέστορ) person
Amphion (Ἀμφίων) person
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
Thera (Θήρα) place Q129296 Pleiades
Knossos (Κνῶσσος) place Q173527 Pleiades
Cyrene (Κυρήνη) place Q44112
Libya (Λιβύη) place Q2370577
Sicily (Σικελία) place Q1460
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