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
Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Lysander (Λύσανδρος) person
Agias (Ἀγίας) person
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Aristocritus (Ἀριστοκρίτης) person
Also in: 3.6.7 5.6.5 6.3.14
Hermon (Ἕρμων) person
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