Pausanias Analysis

Passage 4.30.5

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Passage 4.30.5: Homer depicts Athena, Enyo, Artemis, and Aphrodite's roles but omits Tyche.

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

πέρα δὲ ἐδήλωσεν οὐδὲν ἔτι, ὡς ἡ θεός ἐστιν αὕτη μεγίστη θεῶν ἐν τοῖς ἀνθρωπίνοις πράγμασι καὶ ἰσχὺν παρέχεται πλείστην, ὥσπερ γε ἐν Ἰλιάδι ἐποίησεν Ἀθηνᾶν μὲν καὶ Ἐνυὼ πολεμούντων ἡγεμονίαν ἔχειν, Ἄρτεμιν δὲ γυναικῶν ὠδῖσιν εἶναι φοβερὰν, Ἀφροδίτῃ δὲ τὰ ἔργα μέλειν τῶν γάμων. ἀλλʼ οὗτος μὲν οὐδὲν ἄλλο ἐποίησεν ἐς τὴν Τύχην·

English Translation

Moreover, he made no further explanation that this goddess is supreme among the gods in human affairs and provides the greatest strength, as indeed in the Iliad he depicted Athena and Enyo as holding leadership in wars, Artemis as fearsome to women in childbirth, and Aphrodite as overseeing the affairs of marriage. But this poet made no other reference to Tyche.

Proper Nouns

Tyche (Τύχη) deity
Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Enyo (Ἐνυώ) deity
Also in: 1.8.4
Iliad (Ἰλιάς) other
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