Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.34.6

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Passage 10.34.6: Temple of Asclepius with a bearded statue by Timocles and Timarchides.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

ἡ δὲ ἀγορὰ αὐτή τέ ἐστι θέας ἀξία καὶ ὁ Ἔλατος ἐπειργασμένος στήλῃ· σαφῶς δὲ οὐκ οἶδα εἴτε τιμῶντες οἷα οἰκιστὴν εἴτε καὶ μνήματος ἐπίθημα ἐποιήσαντο τὴν στήλην. τῷ δὲ Ἀσκληπιῷ ναὸς ᾠκοδόμηται καὶ ἄγαλμα γένεια ἔχον ἐστί· τοῖς ἐργασαμένοις τὸ ἄγαλμα ὀνόματα μὲν Τιμοκλῆς καὶ Τιμαρχίδης , γένους δέ εἰσι τοῦ Ἀττικοῦ. ἐπὶ τῷ πέρατι δὲ τῷ ἐν δεξιᾷ τῆς πόλεως θέατρόν τέ ἐστι καὶ χαλκοῦν Ἀθηνᾶς ἄγαλμα ἀρχαῖον· ταύτην τὴν θεὸν λέγουσιν ἀμῦναί σφισιν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὁμοῦ Ταξίλῳ βαρβάρους.

English Translation

The marketplace itself is worth seeing, as is the carving of Elatus on a stela. However, I do not know clearly whether they set up this stela to honor him as their founder or as a gravestone. There is also a temple built to Asclepius and a statue of him bearded. The artists who crafted this statue are named Timocles and Timarchides, both of Attic descent. At the right-hand boundary of the city is a theater and an ancient bronze statue of Athena. They say that this goddess defended them against the barbarians who accompanied Taxilus.

Proper Nouns

Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός) deity
Taxilos (Ταξίλης) person
Timarchides (Τιμαρχίδης) person
Timokles (Τιμοκλῆς) person
Attikos (Ἀττικός) person
Elatos (Ἔλατος) person
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