Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.9.8

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Passage 10.9.8: Attributions of statues (Hermon, the Dioskouroi, a seer, and gods) to named sculptors.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τοῦτον μὲν δὴ τὸν Ἕρμωνα Θεόκοσμος ποιήσειν ἔμελλεν ὁ Μεγαρεὺς ἅτε ὑπὸ τῶν Μεγαρέων ἐγγραφέντα ἐς τὴν πολιτείαν· οἱ δὲ Διόσκουροι Ἀντιφάνους εἰσὶν Ἀργείου καὶ ὁ μάντις τέχνη Πίσωνος ἐκ Καλαυρείας τῆς Τροιζηνίων· Ἀθηνόδωρος δὲ καὶ Δαμέας , ὁ μὲν τὴν Ἄρτεμίν τε καὶ Ποσειδῶνα εἰργάσατο, ἔτι δὲ τὸν Λύσανδρον, Ἀθηνόδωρος δὲ τὸν Ἀπόλλωνα ἐποίησε καὶ τὸν Δία·

English Translation

This Hermon was destined to be made by Theokosmos of Megara, since Hermon had been enrolled as a citizen by the Megarians. The Dioskouroi statues are the work of Antiphanes of Argos, and the statue of the seer is by Pison from Kalaureia, an island belonging to the Troizenians. As for Athenodoros and Dameas, Dameas crafted Artemis, Poseidon, and also Lysander, while Athenodoros made the statues of Apollo and Zeus.

Proper Nouns

Dioscuri (Διόσκουροι) deity
Zeus (Ζεύς) deity
Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Dameas (Δαμέας) person Q11916525
Also in: 6.14.5
Theokosmos (Θεόκοσμος) person
Also in: 1.40.4 6.7.2
Lysander (Λύσανδρος) person
Megareus (Μεγαρεύς) person
Pison (Πίσων) person
Also in: 6.3.5 6.22.2
Athenodoros (Ἀθηνόδωρος) person
Also in: 3.16.4
Antiphanes (Ἀντιφάνης) person
Argive (Ἀργεῖος) person
Hermon (Ἕρμων) person
Kalaureia (Καλαυρεία) place Q1443132
Megarians (Μεγαραί) place Q132201662
Troezenians (Τροιζήνιοι) place
Also in: 2.31.1
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