Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.10.3

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Passage 5.10.3: The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

πεποίηται δὲ ἐπιχωρίου πώρου. ὕψος μὲν δὴ αὐτοῦ τὸ ἐς τὸν ἀετὸν ἀνῆκον, εἰσίν οἱ ὀκτὼ πόδες καὶ ἑξήκοντα, εὖρος δὲ πέντε καὶ ἐνενήκοντα, τὰ δὲ ἐς μῆκος τριάκοντά τε καὶ διακόσιοι· τέκτων δὲ ἐγένετο αὐτοῦ Λίβων ἐπιχώριος. κέραμος δὲ οὐ γῆς ὀπτῆς ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ κεράμου τρόπον λίθος ὁ Πεντελῆσιν εἰργασμένος· τὸ δὲ εὕρημα ἀνδρὸς Ναξίου λέγουσιν εἶναι Βύζου , οὗ φασιν ἐν Νάξῳ τὰ ἀγάλματα ἐφʼ ὧν ἐπίγραμμα εἶναι Νάξιος Εὔεργός με γένει Λητοῦς πόρε, Βύζεω παῖς, ὃς πρώτιστος τεῦξε λίθου κέραμον. ἡλικίαν δὲ ὁ Βύζης οὗτος κατὰ Ἀλυάττην ἦν τὸν Λυδὸν καὶ Ἀστυάγην τὸν Κυαξάρου βασιλεύοντα ἐν Μήδοις.

English Translation

It is constructed from local limestone. The height of the structure, up to the eagle, measures sixty-eight feet, its breadth is ninety-five feet, and its length two hundred and thirty. The architect was Libon, a native of the region. The roof tiles are not made of baked clay, but rather of marble from Mount Pentelikon, worked into the shape of regular tiles. This innovation, they say, was the invention of a Naxian man named Byzes, who is credited with statues in Naxos engraved with the inscription: "Naxian-born Byzes, son of Euergus, Was first to fashion tiles from marble, Dedicated by the offspring of Leto." This Byzes lived in the time of Alyattes the Lydian and Astyages, the son of Cyaxares, king of the Medes.

Proper Nouns

Leto (Λητώ) deity
Byzes (Βύζης) person Q15905786
Byzos (Βύζος) person
Cyaxares (Κυαξάρης) person
Libon (Λίβων) person
Lydus (Λυδός) person
Naxios Euergos (Νάξιος Εὔεργος) person
Alyattes (Ἀλυάττης) person
Also in: 10.16.1
Astyages (Ἀστυάγης) person
Medes (Μῆδοι) place Q8735
of Naxos (Naxian) (Νάξιος) place
Naxos (Νάξος) place Q188527
Penteli (Πεντελη) place Q1125206
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