Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.22.7

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Passage 2.22.7: Temple of Hecate with statues by Scopas, Polycleitus, and Naucydes near Eileithyia.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

καὶ ἐπὶ τῷδε Εὐφορίων Χαλκιδεὺς καὶ Πλευρώνιος Ἀλέξανδρος ἔπη ποιήσαντες, πρότερον δὲ ἔτι Στησίχορος ὁ Ἱμεραῖος, κατὰ ταὐτά φασιν Ἀργείοις Θησέως εἶναι θυγατέρα Ἰφιγένειαν. τοῦ δὲ ἱεροῦ τῆς Εἰληθυίας πέραν ἐστὶν Ἑκάτης ναός, Σκόπα δὲ τὸ ἄγαλμα ἔργον. τοῦτο μὲν λίθου· τὰ δʼ ἀπαντικρὺ χαλκᾶ, Ἑκάτης καὶ ταῦτα ἀγάλματα, τὸ μὲν Πολύκλειτος ἐποίησε, τὸ δὲ ἀδελφὸς Πολυκλείτου Ναυκύδης †Μόθωνος.

English Translation

On this matter Euphorion of Chalcis and Alexander of Pleuron, who composed poems, as well as Stesichorus of Himera even earlier, agree with the Argives, claiming similarly that Iphigenia was the daughter of Theseus. Beyond the sanctuary of Eileithyia stands a temple of Hecate, with a statue by Scopas; this one is of stone. Opposite it are bronze statues, also representations of Hecate; one made by Polycleitus, the other by Polycleitus' brother Naucydes of Argos.

Proper Nouns

Eileithyia (Εἰλείθυια) deity Q94066
Hecate (Ἑκάτη) deity Q131575
Euphorion (Εὐφορίων) person Q921175
Also in: 2.24.4 8.37.6
Theseus (Θησεύς) person Q112106944
Mothon (Μόθων) person
Also in: 4.35.1
Naukydes (Ναυκύδης) person Q594770
Also in: 6.8.4 6.9.3
Pleuronian (Πλευρώνιος) person
Polykleitos (Πολύκλειτος) person Q193422
Skopas (Σκόπας) person Q309579
Stesichorus (Στησίχορος) person Q332797
Chalcidians (Χαλκιδεύς) person Q1059753
Also in: 5.23.2
Alexander (Ἀλέξανδρος) person Q8409
Iphigenia (Ἰφιγένεια) person Q57413846
Himeraean (Ἱμεραῖος) person Q11925651
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) place Q10417789
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