Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.18.7

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Passage 10.18.7: Ex-voto dedications at Delphi: Phocian lion, Massaliot offering, Aetolian trophy, Gorgias' statue.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Φωκέων δὲ οἱ ἔχοντες Ἐλάτειαν---ἀντέσχον γὰρ τῇ Κασσάνδρου πολιορκίᾳ Ὀλυμπιοδώρου σφίσιν ἐξ Ἀθηνῶν ἀμύνοντος---λέοντα τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι χαλκοῦν ἀποπέμπουσιν ἐς Δελφούς. ὁ δὲ Ἀπόλλων ὁ ἐγγυτάτω τοῦ λέοντος Μασσαλιωτῶν ἐστιν ἀπὸ τῆς πρὸς Καρχηδονίους ἀπαρχὴ ναυμαχίας. πεποίηται δὲ ὑπὸ Αἰτωλῶν τρόπαιόν τε καὶ γυναικὸς ἄγαλμα ὡπλισμένης, ἡ Αἰτωλία δῆθεν· ταῦτα ἀνέθεσαν ἐπιθέντες οἱ Αἰτωλοὶ Γαλάταις δίκην ὠμότητος τῆς ἐς Καλλιέας. ἐπίχρυσος δὲ εἰκών, ἀνάθημα Γοργίου τοῦ ἐκ Λεοντίνων, αὐτὸς Γοργίας ἐστίν εἰκών .

English Translation

The Phocians who hold Elateia—since they successfully resisted the siege by Cassander, aided by Olympiodorus who came from Athens to their defense—sent a bronze lion to Apollo at Delphi. Near this lion, a dedication by the Massaliots stands closest, offered to Apollo as first fruits after their naval victory against the Carthaginians. The Aetolians set up a trophy and a statue representing an armed woman, considered to depict Aetolia herself, and they dedicated these offerings after exacting vengeance upon the Gauls for their cruelty towards Callium. A gilded statue, the offering of Gorgias of Leontini, presents Gorgias himself in effigy.

Proper Nouns

Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Aetolians (Αἰτωλοί) person
Galatians (Γαλάται) person
Gorgias (Γοργίας) person Q20002721
Cassander (Κάσσανδρος) person
Carthaginians (Καρχηδόνιοι) person
Massaliots (Μασσαλιῶται) person
Also in: 10.8.6 10.8.7
Phocians (Φωκεῖς) person
Olympiodorus (Ὀλυμπιόδωρος) person
Aetolia (Αἰτωλία) place Q26857
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
Calliae (Καλλίεαι) place Q48781569
Leontinoi (Λεοντῖνοι) place Q3830644
Also in: 5.22.7 6.17.9
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
Elateia (Ἐλάτεια) place Q1235347
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