Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.15.7

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Passage 10.15.7: Battus' statue at Cyrene and an Apollo statue erected as a penalty

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐπεὶ δὲ ᾤκισε Βάττος τὴν Κυρήνην, λέγεται καὶ τῆς φωνῆς γενέσθαι οἱ τοιόνδε ἴαμα· ἐπιὼν τῶν Κυρηναίων τὴν χώραν ἐν τοῖς ἐσχάτοις αὐτῆς ἐρήμοις ἔτι οὖσι θεᾶται λέοντα, καὶ αὐτὸν τὸ δεῖμα τὸ ἐκ τῆς θέας βοῆσαι σαφὲς καὶ μέγα ἠνάγκασεν. οὐ πόρρω δὲ τοῦ Βάττου καὶ ἄλλον ἔστησαν οἱ Ἀμφικτύονες Ἀπόλλωνα ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀδικήματος τοῦ ἐς τὸν θεὸν τῶν Φωκέων.

English Translation

When Battus founded Cyrene, a cure for his voice is said to have occurred in the following way. As he entered the territory of the Cyrenaeans, in its remotest parts, still then deserted, he encountered a lion, and the fear inspired by that sight compelled him to cry out, clearly and loudly. Not far from this statue of Battus, the Amphictyons set up another statue of Apollo as a penalty for the Phocians' offense against the god.

Proper Nouns

Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Cyrenaeans (Κυρηναῖοι) other
Also in: 1.7.1
Phocians (Φωκεῖς) other
Amphictyons (Ἀμφικτύονες) other
Battos (Βάττος) person Q409834
Also in: 3.14.3 10.15.6
Cyrene (Κυρήνη) place Q44112
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