Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.17.6

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Passage 3.17.6: Zeus Hypatos, the oldest hammered bronze statue at the temple of Athena Chalcioecus.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

τῆς Χαλκιοίκου δὲ ἐν δεξιᾷ Διὸς ἄγαλμα Ὑπάτου πεποίηται, παλαιότατον πάντων ὁπόσα ἐστὶ χαλκοῦ· διʼ ὅλου γὰρ οὐκ ἔστιν εἰργασμένον, ἐληλασμένου δὲ ἰδίᾳ τῶν μερῶν καθʼ αὑτὸ ἑκάστου συνήρμοσταί τε πρὸς ἄλληλα καὶ ἧλοι συνέχουσιν αὐτὰ μὴ διαλυθῆναι. καὶ Κλέαρχον δὲ ἄνδρα Ῥηγῖνον τὸ ἄγαλμα ποιῆσαι λέγουσιν, ὃν Διποίνου καὶ Σκύλλιδος, οἱ δὲ αὐτοῦ Δαιδάλου φασὶν εἶναι μαθητήν. πρὸς δὲ τῷ Σκηνώματι ὀνομαζομένῳ γυναικός ἐστιν εἰκών, Λακεδαιμόνιοι δὲ Εὐρυλεωνίδα λέγουσιν εἶναι· νίκην δὲ ἵππων συνωρίδι ἀνείλετο Ὀλυμπικήν.

English Translation

On the right of the temple of Athena Chalcioecus there is an image of Zeus Hypatos, said to be the oldest of all statues made of bronze. It is not cast as a single piece; each part has been separately hammered out, fitted closely together, and fastened with nails to prevent them from falling apart. They also say that the statue was made by Clearchus of Rhegium, who is said by some to have been a pupil of Dipoenus and Scyllis, while others claim he was a pupil of Daedalus himself. Near the structure called the Skēnōma stands a statue of a woman; the Lacedaemonians say she is Euryleonis, who won an Olympic victory driving a two-horse chariot.

Proper Nouns

Zeus (Ζεύς) deity
Hypatos (Ὕπατος) deity
Also in: 1.26.5
Daedalus (Δαίδαλος) person Q3712559
Dipoenus (Διποῖνος) person Q15806048
Euryleonis (Εὐρυλεωνίς) person Q44887
Clearchus (Κλέαρχος) person
Also in: 6.4.4
Lacedaemonian (Λακεδαιμόνιος) person
Scyllis (Σκύλλις) person
Rhegian (Ῥηγῖνος) person
Skenoma (Σκήνωμα) place Q124616495
Chalkioikos (Χαλκιοῖκος) place Q124257868
Also in: 3.17.5 4.15.5
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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