Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.30.1

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Passage 10.30.1: Polygnotos' painting of the daughters of Pandareos

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐφεξῆς δὲ τὰς Πανδάρεω θυγατέρας ἔγραψεν ὁ Πολύγνωτος. Ὁμήρῳ δὲ ἐν Πηνελόπης λόγοις ἐστὶν ὡς ἀποθάνοιεν μὲν ταῖς παρθένοις οἱ γεινάμενοι κατὰ μήνιμα ἐκ θεῶν, αὐτὰς δὲ ὀρφανὰς τραφῆναι μὲν ὑπὸ Ἀφροδίτης, λαβεῖν δὲ καὶ παρʼ ἄλλων θεῶν, Ἥρας μὲν φρονεῖν τε ἱκανὰς εἶναι καὶ εἶδος καλάς, μῆκος δὲ τοῦ σώματος Ἄρτεμίν φησιν αὐταῖς δωρήσασθαι, ἔργα δὲ γυναιξὶν ἁρμόζοντα ὑπὸ Ἀθηνᾶς διδαχθῆναι.

English Translation

Next, Polygnotos depicted the daughters of Pandareos. Homer, in the speech of Penelope, relates how the parents of the maidens died through the anger of the gods, and that the orphaned girls themselves were raised by Aphrodite, who also received gifts for them from other deities: Hera granted them intelligence and beauty, Artemis bestowed height upon their bodies, and Athena taught them the crafts suitable to women.

Proper Nouns

Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Hera (Ἥρα) deity
Pandarus (Πάνδαρος) person
Also in: 10.30.3
Penelope (Πηνελόπη) person
Polygnotus (Πολύγνωτος) person
Homer (Ὅμηρος) person
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