Pausanias Analysis

Passage 2.7.9

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Passage 2.7.9: Temple dedications: Meleager's spear and the pipes of Marsyas

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

λέγουσι δὲ καὶ τάδε, ὡς Μελέαγρος ἐς τοῦτον τὸν ναὸν ἀνέθηκε τὴν λόγχην ᾗ τὸν ὗν κατειργάσατο. καὶ αὐλοὺς ἀνατεθῆναί φασιν ἐνταῦθα τοὺς Μαρσύου· γενομένης γὰρ τῷ Σιληνῷ τῆς συμφορᾶς τὸν ποταμὸν τὸν Μαρσύαν κατενεγκεῖν αὐτοὺς ἐς τὸν Μαίανδρον, ἀναφανέντας δὲ ἐν τῷ Ἀσωπῷ καὶ κατὰ τὴν Σικυωνίαν ἐκπεσόντας ὑπὸ ποιμένος τοῦ εὑρόντος δοθῆναι τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι. τούτων τῶν ἀναθημάτων οὐδὲν ἔτι ἐλείπετο, συγκατεκαύθη γὰρ ἐμπιπραμένῳ τῷ ναῷ· τὸν δὲ ἐπʼ ἐμοῦ ναὸν καὶ τὸ ἄγαλμα Πυθοκλῆς ἀνέθηκεν.

English Translation

They also recount the following story: that Meleager dedicated in this temple the spear with which he slew the boar. And they say that here were also dedicated the pipes of Marsyas; for when the calamity befell the Silenus, the river Marsyas carried them into the Maeander, from whence they reappeared in the river Asopus and were cast ashore in Sicyonian territory, where they were found by a shepherd who then offered them to Apollo. Of these dedications, none remained any longer, since they were destroyed by fire when the temple itself was burned down. The temple existing in my own time and the statue were dedicated by Pythocles.

Proper Nouns

Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Marsyas (Μαρσύας) person
Meleager (Μελέαγρος) person
Pythocles (Πυθοκλῆς) person
Also in: 6.7.10
Silenus (Σιληνός) person
Also in: 1.23.5 6.1.4
Maeander (Μαίανδρος) place Q211089
Sicyonia (Σικυωνία) place Q15464107
Asopus (Ἀσωπός) place Q622781
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