Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.17.4

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Passage 3.17.4: Lysander's eagles with Victories commemorating his naval triumphs

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἕτερον αὐτόθι Ἀθηνᾶς Ἐργάνης ἱερόν. ἐς δὲ τὴν πρὸς μεσημβρίαν ἰόντι στοὰν Κοσμητᾶ τε ἐπίκλησιν Διὸς ναὸς καὶ Τυνδάρεω πρὸ αὐτοῦ μνῆμά ἐστιν· ἡ δὲ πρὸς δυσμὰς ἔχει τῶν στοῶν ἀετούς τε δύο τοὺς ὄρνιθας καὶ ἴσας ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς Νίκας, Λυσάνδρου μὲν ἀνάθημα, τῶν δὲ ἔργων ὑπόμνημα τῶν ἀμφοτέρων, τοῦ τε περὶ Ἔφεσον, ὅτε Ἀντίοχον τὸν Ἀλκιβιάδου κυβερνήτην καὶ Ἀθηναίων τριήρεις ἐνίκησε, καὶ ὕστερον ἐν Αἰγὸς ποταμοῖς καθεῖλεν Ἀθηναίων τὸ ναυτικόν.

English Translation

There is also another temple here sacred to Athena Ergane. As one goes toward the southern colonnade, there is a temple of Zeus called surnamed "Kosmetas," and in front of it a tomb of Tyndareus. The colonnade that faces west contains two eagles with Victories standing upon them: these were dedicated by Lysander and commemorate two actions—first, that at Ephesus, when he overcame Antiochus, the pilot of Alcibiades, along with the ships of the Athenians, and later the defeat of the Athenian fleet at Aegospotami.

Proper Nouns

Zeus (Ζεύς) deity
Kosmetes (Κοσμητής) deity
Nike (Νίκη) deity
Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Ergane (Ἐργάνη) deity
Lysander (Λύσανδρος) person
Tyndareus (Τυνδάρεως) person
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Alcibiades (Ἀλκιβιάδης) person
Antiochus (Ἀντίοχος) person
Aegospotamoi (Αἰγὸς ποταμοί) place Q404513
Also in: 3.18.8 10.38.10
Ephesus (Ἔφεσος) place Q47611
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