Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.1.9

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Passage 2.1.9: Statues on Poseidon's pedestal: the Dioscuri, Galene, Thalassa, Ino, Bellerophon, Pegasus.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος δέ εἰσιν ἐπειργασμένοι τῷ βάθρῳ καὶ οἱ Τυνδάρεω παῖδες, ὅτι δὴ σωτῆρες καὶ οὗτοι νεῶν καὶ ἀνθρώπων εἰσὶ ναυτιλλομένων. τὰ δὲ ἄλλα ἀνάκειται Γαλήνης ἄγαλμα καὶ Θαλάσσης καὶ ἵππος εἰκασμένος κήτει τὰ μετὰ τὸ στέρνον, Ἰνώ τε καὶ Βελλεροφόντης καὶ ὁ ἵππος ὁ Πήγασος.

English Translation

Upon Poseidon's pedestal there are also carved the sons of Tyndareus, since they too are saviors of ships and of men at sea. In addition, dedicated here are statues of Galene ("Calm") and Thalassa ("Sea"), and a horse depicted with the hind parts resembling a sea-monster, as well as Ino, Bellerophon, and the horse Pegasus.

Proper Nouns

Galene (Γαλήνη) deity
Thalassa (Θάλασσα) deity
Also in: 2.1.7 2.1.8
Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) deity
Pegasus (Πήγασος) other
Also in: 2.3.5 2.4.1 2.31.9
Bellerophon (Βελλεροφόντης) person
Tyndareus (Τυνδάρεως) person
Ino (Ἰνώ) person
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