Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.25.11

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Passage 10.25.11: Depiction of Nestor with a cap and spear, and a horse by the shore.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

γέγραφε δὲ καὶ Νέστορα τῇ κεφαλῇ τε ἐπικείμενον πῖλον καὶ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ δόρυ ἔχοντα· καὶ ἵππος κονίεσθαι μέλλοντος παρέχεται σχῆμα· ἄχρι μὲν δὴ τοῦ ἵππου αἰγιαλός τε καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ ψηφῖδες ὑποφαίνονται, τὸ δὲ ἐντεῦθεν οὐκέτι ἔοικεν εἶναι θάλασσα.

English Translation

He has depicted also Nestor, wearing a cap upon his head and holding a spear in his hand; a horse nearby is presented in a posture about to roll in the dust. Up to the point of the horse there appear a shore and the pebbles upon it; beyond this, however, it no longer resembles the sea.

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