Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.18.15

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Passage 3.18.15: Reliefs on a throne depicting mythic exploits.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ὑπελθόντι δὲ ὑπὸ τὸν θρόνον τὰ ἔνδον ἀπὸ τῶν Τριτώνων ὑός ἐστι θήρα τοῦ Καλυδωνίου καὶ Ἡρακλῆς ἀποκτείνων τοὺς παῖδας τοὺς Ἄκτορος, Κάλαϊς δὲ καὶ Ζήτης τὰς Ἁρπυίας Φινέως ἀπελαύνουσιν· Πειρίθους τε καὶ Θησεὺς ἡρπακότες εἰσὶν Ἑλένην καὶ ἄγχων Ἡρακλῆς τὸν λέοντα, Τιτυὸν δὲ Ἀπόλλων τοξεύει καὶ Ἄρτεμις·

English Translation

As you pass under the throne, the figures inside, starting from the Tritons, are: the hunt of the Calydonian boar; Heracles killing the sons of Actor; Calaïs and Zetes driving away the Harpies from Phineus; Pirithous and Theseus depicted abducting Helen; Heracles strangling the lion; and Tityos being shot by Apollo and Artemis.

Proper Nouns

Triton (Τρίτων) deity Q148030

Also in: 2.1.7 2.1.8 7.22.8 9.20.4 9.20.5 9.21.1 9.33.7

Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity Q37340

Also in: 1.2.5 1.3.4 1.3.5 1.8.4 1.13.9 1.16.3 1.19.1 1.19.3 1.21.3 1.21.7 ... +261 more

Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity Q39503

Also in: 1.1.4 1.19.6 1.21.3 1.23.7 1.26.4 1.31.1 1.31.4 1.33.1 1.36.1 1.38.6 ... +155 more

Calydonian (Καλυδώνιον) other Q654379

Also in: 1.27.6

lion (λέων) other

Harpy (Ἁρπυία) other Q181360

Zetes (Ζήτης) person

Theseus (Θησεύς) person Q112106944

Also in: 1.1.2 1.1.4 1.2.1 1.3.1 1.3.3 1.5.2 1.15.2 1.15.3 1.17.2 1.17.3 ... +64 more

Calais (Κάλαϊς) person

Peirithous (Πειρίθους) person

Also in: 1.2.1 1.17.4 1.18.4 1.41.5 2.22.6 3.24.11 5.10.8 8.3.4 8.45.7 10.29.10

Tityos (Τιτυός) person Q203266

Also in: 10.4.2 10.4.5 10.4.6 10.11.1 10.29.3

Phineus (Φινέυς) person Q18710601

Actor (Ἄκτωρ) person

Also in: 5.1.11 5.2.1 5.3.3 6.20.16 9.37.7

Helen (Ἑλένη) person Q116025943

Also in: 1.33.7 1.33.8 1.35.1 1.41.5 2.2.3 2.22.6 2.32.7 3.7.7 3.12.6 3.15.3 ... +15 more

Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person

Also in: 1.2.1 1.5.2 1.8.4 1.15.2 1.17.4 1.24.2 1.27.6 1.27.7 1.27.10 1.30.2 ... +163 more

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