Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.31.6

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Passage 2.31.6: The temple of Apollo Thearios at Troezen.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τὸ δὲ ἱερὸν τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος τοῦ Θεαρίου κατασκευάσαι μὲν Πιτθέα ἔφασαν, ἔστι δὲ ὧν οἶδα παλαιότατον. ἀρχαῖος μὲν οὖν καὶ Φωκαεῦσι τοῖς ἐν Ἰωνίᾳ ναός ἐστιν Ἀθηνᾶς, ὃν Ἅρπαγός ποτε ὁ Μῆδος ἐνέπρησεν, ἀρχαῖος δὲ καὶ ὁ Σαμίοις Ἀπόλλωνος Πυθίου· πλὴν πολύ γε ὕστερον τοῦ παρὰ Τροιζηνίοις ἐποιήθησαν. ἄγαλμα δέ ἐστι τὸ ἐφʼ ἡμῶν ἀνάθημα Αὐλίσκου, τέχνη δὲ Ἕρμωνος Τροιζηνίου· τοῦ δὲ Ἕρμωνος τούτου καὶ τὰ τῶν Διοσκούρων ξόανά ἐστι.

English Translation

The temple of Apollo Thearios was said to have been built by Pittheus, and it is the most ancient, as far as I know. Now, ancient also is the temple of Athena among the Phocaeans in Ionia, which Harpagus the Mede once burned down; and ancient, too, is the temple of Apollo Pythios among the Samians. Yet these temples were built much later than the one belonging to the Troezenians. The present-day statue was dedicated by Auliskos, and is the work of Hermon of Troezen. This Hermon also crafted the wooden images (xoana) of the Dioscuri.

Proper Nouns

Dioscuri (Διόσκουροι) deity
Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Thearios (Θεάριος) other
Medes (Μῆδος) other
Also in: 9.2.5 10.16.6
Pythios (Πύθιος) other
Also in: 5.15.4 8.15.8
of Troezen (Τροιζήνιος) other
Auliskos (Αὐλίσκος) person
Pittheus (Πιτθεύς) person
Samians (Σάμιοι) person
Troezenians (Τροιζήνιοι) person
Phocaeans (Φωκαεῖς) person
Harpagos (Ἅρπαγος) person
Hermon (Ἕρμων) person
Ionia (Ἰωνία) place Q620874
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