Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.9.7

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Passage 10.9.7: Athenian offerings: statues of gods and Lysander crowned by Poseidon

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Λακεδαιμονίων δὲ ἀπαντικρὺ τούτων ἀναθήματά ἐστιν ἀπʼ Ἀθηναίων Διόσκουροι καὶ Ζεὺς καὶ Ἀπόλλων τε καὶ Ἄρτεμις, ἐπὶ δὲ αὐτοῖς Ποσειδῶν τε καὶ Λύσανδρος ὁ Ἀριστοκρίτου στεφανούμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος, Ἀγίας τε ὃς τῷ Λυσάνδρῳ τότε ἐμαντεύετο καὶ Ἕρμων ὁ τὴν ναῦν τοῦ Λυσάνδρου τὴν στρατηγίδα κυβερνῶν.

English Translation

Directly opposite these dedications of the Lacedaemonians are offerings from the Athenians: statues of the Dioscuri, Zeus, Apollo and Artemis; and above them, Poseidon, and Lysander, son of Aristocritus, crowned by Poseidon, and Agias, who served Lysander at that time as his soothsayer, and Hermon, who was pilot of Lysander's flagship.

Proper Nouns

Dioscuri (Διόσκουροι) deity
Zeus (Ζεύς) deity Q34201
Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) deity Q41127
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity Q37340
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity Q39503
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Lysander (Λύσανδρος) person
Agias (Ἀγίας) person Q393651
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Aristocritus (Ἀριστοκρίτης) person Q56558632
Also in: 3.6.7 5.6.5 6.3.14
Hermon (Ἕρμων) person
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