Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.25.10

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Passage 10.25.10: Paintings of Polyxena's death at Achilles' tomb

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἡ μὲν δὴ Ἀνδρομάχη καὶ ἡ Μηδεσικάστη καλύμματά εἰσιν ἐπικείμεναι, Πολυξένη δὲ κατὰ τὰ εἰθισμένα παρθένοις ἀναπέπλεκται τὰς ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ τρίχας· ἀποθανεῖν δὲ αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τῷ Ἀχιλλέως μνήματι ποιηταί τε ᾄδουσι καὶ γραφὰς ἔν τε Ἀθήναις καὶ Περγάμῳ τῇ ὑπὲρ Καΐκου θεασάμενος οἶδα ἐχούσας ἐς τῆς Πολυξένης τὰ παθήματα.

English Translation

Andromache and Medesicaste are depicted wearing veils on their heads, while Polyxena’s hair is arranged in the manner customary for maidens. Poets sing of her death at Achilles' tomb, and I myself have seen paintings depicting the sufferings of Polyxena both at Athens and at Pergamum above the Caicus.

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