Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.31.1

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Passage 10.31.1: Palamedes and Thersites playing dice, watched by Ajax of Salamis.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

εἰ δὲ ἀπίδοις πάλιν ἐς τὸ ἄνω τῆς γραφῆς, ἔστιν ἐφεξῆς τῷ Ἀκταίωνι Αἴας ὁ ἐκ Σαλαμῖνος, καὶ Παλαμήδης τε καὶ Θερσίτης κύβοις χρώμενοι παιδιᾷ, τοῦ Παλαμήδους τῷ εὑρήματι· Αἴας δὲ ὁ ἕτερος ἐς αὐτοὺς ὁρᾷ παίζοντας. τούτῳ τῷ Αἴαντι τὸ χρῶμά ἐστιν οἷον ἂν ἀνδρὶ ναυαγῷ γένοιτο ἐπανθούσης τῷ χρωτὶ ἔτι τῆς ἅλμης.

English Translation

If you look again toward the upper part of the painting, next to Actaeon stands Ajax of Salamis, and Palamedes together with Thersites play a game with dice—an invention of Palamedes. The other Ajax looks at them as they play. The complexion of this Ajax is such as a shipwrecked man might have, his flesh still bloomed with the brine.

Proper Nouns

Ajax (Αἴας) person Q14566703
Thersites (Θερσίτης) person
Palamedes (Παλαμήδης) person
Actaeon (Ἀκταίων) person
Salamis (Σαλαμῖς) place Q202422
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