Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.18.16

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Passage 3.18.16: Painted depictions of mythic combats and episodes (Heracles, Theseus, Menelaus, Admetus).

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἡρακλέους τε πρὸς Ὄρειον Κένταυρον μάχη πεποίηται καὶ Θησέως πρὸς Ταῦρον τὸν Μίνω. πεποίηται δὲ καὶ ἡ πρὸς Ἀχελῷον Ἡρακλέους πάλη καὶ τὰ λεγόμενα ἐς Ἥραν, ὡς ὑπὸ Ἡφαίστου δεθείη, καὶ ὃν Ἄκαστος ἔθηκεν ἀγῶνα ἐπὶ πατρὶ καὶ τὰ ἐς Μενέλαον καὶ τὸν Αἰγύπτιον Πρωτέα ἐν Ὀδυσσείᾳ. τελευταῖα Ἄδμητός τε ζευγνύων ἐστὶν ὑπὸ τὸ ἅρμα κάπρον καὶ λέοντα καὶ οἱ Τρῶες ἐπιφέροντες χοὰς Ἕκτορι.

English Translation

Depicted have been the fight of Heracles against the Centaur Oreios, and also that of Theseus against the bull of Minos. Further shown is Heracles wrestling with Acheloos, and the events told about Hera—how she was bound by Hephaistos—as well as the contest set by Acastus in honor of his father, and the scenes from the Odyssey concerning Menelaus and the Egyptian Proteus. Finally there is Admetus yoking a boar and lion to his chariot, and the Trojans offering libations for Hector.

Proper Nouns

Achelous (Ἀχελῷος) deity
Hera (Ἥρα) deity
Hephaestus (Ἥφαιστος) deity
Odyssey (Ὀδύσσεια) other
Theseus (Θησεύς) person
Menelaus (Μενέλαος) person
Proteus the Egyptian (Πρωτεύς ὁ Αἰγύπτιος) person
Taurus son of Minos (Ταῦρος ὁ Μίνωος) person
Trojans (Τρῶες) person
Admetus (Ἄδμητος) person
Also in: 5.17.9 5.17.10
Acastos (Ἄκαστος) person
Hector (Ἕκτωρ) person
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person
Oreius Kentauros (Oreius the Centaur) (Ὄρειος Κένταυρος) person
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