Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.30.8

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Passage 10.30.8: Thamyris blinded, seated with a shattered lyre beside Pelias and Schedios.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

κατὰ τοῦτο τῆς γραφῆς Σχεδίος ὁ Φωκεῦσιν ἡγησάμενος ἐς Τροίαν καὶ μετὰ τοῦτον Πελίας ἐστὶν ἐν θρόνῳ καθεζόμενος, τὰ γένεια ὁμοίως καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν πολιός, ἐνορᾷ δὲ ἐς τὸν Ὀρφέα· ὁ δὲ Σχεδίος ἐγχειρίδιόν τε ἔχων καὶ ἄγρωστίν ἐστιν ἐστεφανωμένος. Θαμύριδι δὲ ἐγγὺς καθεζομένῳ τοῦ Πελίου διεφθαρμέναι αἱ ὄψεις καὶ ταπεινὸν ἐς ἅπαν σχῆμά ἐστι καὶ ἡ κόμη πολλὴ μὲν ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς, πολλὴ δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ ἐν τοῖς γενείοις· λύρα δὲ ἔρριπται πρὸς τοῖς ποσί, κατεαγότες αὐτῆς οἱ πήχεις καὶ αἱ χορδαὶ κατερρωγυῖαι.

English Translation

In this portion of the painting is depicted Schedios, who led the Phocians against Troy, and next to him is Pelias, seated upon a throne, gray-haired in beard as well as head, gazing toward Orpheus. Schedios holds a dagger and has a wreath of grass upon his head. Beside Pelias sits Thamyris, whose eyes appear blinded and whose whole bearing is humbled. His hair is abundant upon his head, and plentiful also is his beard. A lyre lies thrown at his feet, its arms shattered and its strings broken.

Proper Nouns

Thamyris (Θάμυρις) person
Pelias (Πελίας) person
Schedios (Σχεδίος) person
Also in: 10.4.2 10.36.10
Orpheus (Ὀρφεύς) person
Troy (Τροία) place Q22647
Phocis (Φωκεύς) place Q2637650
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