Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.5.13

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Passage 10.5.13: A temple by Trophonius and Agamedes, destroyed and rebuilt by Spintharus.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τέταρτος δὲ ὑπὸ Τροφωνίου μὲν εἰργάσθη καὶ Ἀγαμήδους , λίθου δὲ αὐτὸν ποιηθῆναι μνημονεύουσι· κατεκαύθη δὲ Ἐρξικλείδου μὲν Ἀθήνῃσιν ἄρχοντος, πρώτῳ δὲ τῆς ὀγδόης Ὀλυμπιάδος ἔτει καὶ πεντηκοστῆς, ἣν Κροτωνιάτης ἐνίκα Διόγνητος. τὸν δʼ ἐφʼ ἡμῶν τῷ θεῷ ναὸν ᾠκοδόμησαν μὲν ἀπὸ τῶν ἱερῶν οἱ Ἀμφικτύονες χρημάτων, ἀρχιτέκτων δέ τις Σπίνθαρος ἐγένετο αὐτοῦ Κορίνθιος.

English Translation

The fourth temple was the work of Trophonius and Agamedes, and they record it as having been built of stone. It was destroyed by fire during the archonship of Erxicleides at Athens, in the first year of the fifty-eighth Olympiad, when Diognetus of Croton was victorious. As for the temple that stands in our day, it was built by the Amphictyons using sacred funds, and its architect was Spintharus of Corinth.

Proper Nouns

Trophonios (Τροφωνίος) deity
Amphictyons (Ἀμφικτύονες) other
Diogenetos (Διόγνητος) person Q16549826
Corinthians (Κορίνθιος) person
Krotoniate (Κροτωνιάτης) person
Spintharos (Σπίνθαρος) person
Also in: 1.29.10
Agamedes (Ἀγαμήδης) person
Erxikleides (Ἐρξικλείδης) person
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
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