Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.17.5

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Passage 2.17.5: Heraion's Hebe and the ancient seated pear-wood image of Hera from Tiryns

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

λέγεται δὲ παρεστηκέναι τῇ Ἥρᾳ τέχνη Ναυκύδους ἄγαλμα Ἥβης, ἐλέφαντος καὶ τοῦτο καὶ χρυσοῦ· παρὰ δὲ αὐτήν ἐστιν ἐπὶ κίονος ἄγαλμα Ἥρας ἀρχαῖον. τὸ δὲ ἀρχαιότατον πεποίηται μὲν ἐξ ἀχράδος, ἀνετέθη δὲ ἐς Τίρυνθα ὑπὸ Πειράσου τοῦ Ἄργου, Τίρυνθα δὲ ἀνελόντες Ἀργεῖοι κομίζουσιν ἐς τὸ Ἡραῖον· ὃ δὴ καὶ αὐτὸς εἶδον, καθήμενον ἄγαλμα οὐ μέγα.

English Translation

It is said that near Hera stands a statue of Hebe, a work by Naukydes, also made of ivory and gold; beside it is an ancient statue of Hera standing upon a column. But the oldest image, fashioned from wild pear wood, was dedicated in Tiryns by Peirasos of Argos; afterwards, when the Argives destroyed Tiryns, they took it and conveyed it to the Heraion. This statue I myself have also seen: it is seated and not large.

Proper Nouns

Hebe (Ἥβη) deity
Hera (Ἥρα) deity
Naukydes (Ναύκυδος) person
Also in: 6.6.2
Peirasus (Πειράσος) person
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) person
Argos (Ἄργος) person
Tiryns (Τίρυνς) place Q217379 Pleiades
Heraion (Ἡραῖον) place Q1607754
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