Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.31.9

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Passage 10.31.9: Two uninitiated women carrying water

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

αἱ δὲ ὑπὲρ τὴν Πενθεσίλειαν φέρουσαι μέν εἰσιν ὕδωρ ἐν κατεαγόσιν ὀστράκοις, πεποίηται δὲ ἡ μὲν ἔτι ὡραία τὸ εἶδος, ἡ δὲ ἤδη τῆς ἡλικίας προήκουσα· ἰδίᾳ μὲν δὴ οὐδὲν ἐπίγραμμα ἐπὶ ἑκατέρᾳ τῶν γυναικῶν, ἐν κοινῷ δέ ἐστιν ἐπὶ ἀμφοτέραις εἶναι σφᾶς τῶν οὐ μεμυημένων γυναικῶν.

English Translation

The women depicted above Penthesileia are carrying water in broken pots; one is represented as still youthful in appearance, while the other is already advanced in age. There is no specific inscription individually identifying either woman, but there is one common to both, which states that they belong to the women who have not been initiated.

Proper Nouns

Penthesileia (Πενθεσίλεια) person
Also in: 5.11.6 10.31.8
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