Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.19.4

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Passage 10.19.4: Temple pediments with gods by Praxias and Androsthenes, and dedicatory shields.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τὰ δὲ ἐν τοῖς ἀετοῖς, ἔστιν Ἄρτεμις καὶ Λητὼ καὶ Ἀπόλλων καὶ Μοῦσαι δύσις τε Ἡλίου καὶ Διόνυσός τε καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες αἱ Θυιάδες. τὰ μὲν δὴ πρῶτα αὐτῶν Ἀθηναῖος Πραξίας μαθητὴς Καλάμιδός ἐστιν ὁ ἐργασάμενος· χρόνου δὲ ὡς ὁ ναὸς ἐποιεῖτο ἐγγινομένου Πραξίαν μὲν ἔμελλεν ἀπάξειν τὸ χρεών, τὰ δὲ ὑπολειπόμενα τοῦ ἐν τοῖς ἀετοῖς κόσμου ἐποίησεν Ἀνδροσθένης , γένος μὲν καὶ οὗτος Ἀθηναῖος, μαθητὴς δὲ Εὐκάδμου. ὅπλα δὲ ἐπὶ τῶν ἐπιστυλίων χρυσᾶ, Ἀθηναῖοι μὲν τὰς ἀσπίδας ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔργου τοῦ Μαραθῶνι ἀνέθεσαν, Αἰτωλοὶ δὲ τά τε ὄπισθεν καὶ τὰ ἐν ἀριστερᾷ Γαλατῶν δὴ ὅπλα· σχῆμα δὲ αὐτῶν ἐστιν ἐγγυτάτω τῶν Περσικῶν γέρρων.

English Translation

In the pediments are Artemis, Leto, Apollo and the Muses, as well as the setting of the Sun; there is also Dionysus and the women called Thyiads. The first of these sculptures were created by Praxias, an Athenian and follower of Kalamis, but as he was carried off by fate while the temple was still under construction, the remaining decoration of the pediments was completed by Androsthenes, also Athenian by birth and a pupil of Eukadmos. On the architraves are golden shields: the Athenians dedicated theirs from the battle at Marathon; those on the rear and left side are Gallic arms, dedicated by the Aetolians, whose shape closely resembles the Persian wicker shields.

Proper Nouns

Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity Q41680
Leto (Λητώ) deity Q103107
Muses (Μοῦσαι) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity Q37340
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity Q39503
Helios (Ἥλιος) deity Q134270
Thyiades (Θυιάδες) other Q3526162
Aetolians (Αἰτωλοί) person
Galatians (Γαλάται) person
Eucadmus (Εὐκάδμος) person Q11921133
Calamides (Καλάμιδης) person
Persians (Περσικοί) person
Praxias (Πραξίας) person Q4891782
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Athenian (Ἀθηναῖος) person
Androsthenes (Ἀνδροσθένης) person Q15619611
Also in: 6.6.1
Marathon (Μαραθών) place Q212150 Pleiades
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