Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.29.8

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Passage 10.29.8: Odysseus with Elpenor, Teiresias, and Anticleia at the trench

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ὑπὲρ δὲ τὴν Ἐριφύλην ἔγραψεν Ἐλπήνορά τε καὶ Ὀδυσσέα ὀκλάζοντα ἐπὶ τοῖς ποσίν, ἔχοντα ὑπὲρ τοῦ βόθρου τὸ ξίφος· καὶ ὁ μάντις Τειρεσίας πρόεισιν ἐπὶ τὸν βόθρον. μετὰ δὲ τὸν Τειρεσίαν ἐπὶ πέτρας ἡ Ὀδυσσέως μήτηρ Ἀντίκλειά ἐστιν· ὁ δὲ Ἐλπήνωρ ἀμπέχεται φορμὸν ἀντὶ ἐσθῆτος, σύνηθες τοῖς ναύταις φόρημα.

English Translation

Above Eriphyle he has painted Elpenor and Odysseus crouching at his feet, holding his sword over the trench; and the seer Teiresias advances toward the trench. After Teiresias, upon a rock, stands Anticleia, Odysseus' mother; Elpenor wears a mat wrapped around him instead of a garment, a customary covering worn by sailors.

Proper Nouns

Teiresias (Τειρεσίας) person
Anticleia (Ἀντίκλεια) person
Also in: 4.30.3
Elpenor (Ἐλπήνωρ) person
Eriphyle (Ἐριφύλη) person
Odysseus (Ὀδυσσεύς) person
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