Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.29.8

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

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

Anticleia (Ἀντίκλεια) person
Also in: 4.30.3
Elpenor (Ἐλπήνωρ) person
Eriphyle (Ἐριφύλη) person Q131876397
Odysseus (Ὀδυσσεύς) person Q21290729
Teiresias (Τειρεσίας) person
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