Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.13.9

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Passage 3.13.9: Wooden cult image Aphrodite of Hera and Hetaemocles' Olympic wrestling victories.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ξόανον δὲ ἀρχαῖον καλοῦσιν Ἀφροδίτης Ἥρας· ἐπὶ δὲ θυγατρὶ γαμουμένῃ νενομίκασι τὰς μητέρας τῇ θεῷ θύειν. τοῦ λόφου δὲ κατὰ τὴν ἐς δεξιὰν ὁδὸν Ἑτοιμοκλέους ἐστὶν εἰκών· τῷ δὲ Ἑτοιμοκλεῖ καὶ αὐτῷ καὶ Ἱπποσθένει τῷ πατρὶ πάλης εἰσὶν Ὀλυμπικαὶ νῖκαι, καὶ συναμφοτέροις μὲν μία τε καὶ δέκα, τῷ δὲ Ἱπποσθένει μιᾷ νίκῃ τὸν υἱὸν παρελθεῖν ὑπῆρξεν.

English Translation

They call the ancient wooden image Aphrodite of Hera. They have a custom for mothers to sacrifice to the goddess at the marriage of their daughters. On the road to the right of the hill there is a statue of Hetaemocles. Hetaemocles himself and his father Hipposthenes won Olympic victories in wrestling; between them both, they had eleven altogether, and Hipposthenes surpassed his son by one victory.

Proper Nouns

Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Hera (Ἥρα) deity
Olympic (Ὀλυμπία) other
Hetoimocles (Ἑτοιμοκλής) person
Hetoimocles (Ἑτοιμοκλῆς) person
Hipposthenes (Ἱπποσθένης) person
Also in: 3.15.7 5.8.9
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