Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.20.3

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Passage 2.20.3: Statues of Cleobis and Biton pulling their mother's wagon.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

πλησίον δέ εἰσιν ἐπειργασμένοι λίθῳ Κλέοβις καὶ Βίτων αὐτοί τε ἕλκοντες τὴν ἅμαξαν καὶ ἐπʼ αὐτῇ ἄγοντες τὴν μητέρα ἐς τὸ Ἡραῖον. τούτων δὲ ἀπαντικρὺ Νεμείου Διός ἐστιν ἱερόν, ἄγαλμα ὀρθὸν χαλκοῦν, τέχνη Λυσίππου . μετὰ δὲ αὐτὸ προελθοῦσιν ἐν δεξιᾷ Φορωνέως τάφος ἐστίν· ἐναγίζουσι δὲ καὶ ἐς ἡμᾶς ἔτι τῷ Φορωνεῖ. πέραν δὲ τοῦ Νεμείου Διὸς Τύχης ἐστὶν ἐκ παλαιοτάτου ναός, εἰ δὴ Παλαμήδης κύβους εὑρὼν ἀνέθηκεν ἐς τοῦτον τὸν ναόν.

English Translation

Nearby are statues carved in stone of Cleobis and Biton themselves, depicted pulling the wagon and bringing their mother upon it to the sanctuary of Hera. Directly opposite them is a precinct dedicated to Nemean Zeus, containing an upright bronze statue, the work of Lysippus. Proceeding forward from here, on the right there is the tomb of Phoroneus; even in our time they continue to make offerings to Phoroneus. Beyond the precinct of Nemean Zeus stands a very ancient temple of Tyche (Fortune), said to be the place where Palamedes, upon inventing dice, dedicated them.

Proper Nouns

Nemean Zeus (Νεμείος Ζεύς) deity
Also in: 2.15.2
Tyche (Τύχη) deity
Biton (Βίτων) person Q3640496
Also in: 2.19.5
Kleobis (Κλέοβις) person
Lysippos (Λύσιππος) person
Palamedes (Παλαμήδης) person
Phoroneus (Φορωνεύς) person
Heraion (Ἡραῖον) place Q1607754
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