Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.10.5

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Passage 5.10.5: Gilded shields on Olympia temple, offering of Roman general Mummius.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τοῦ δὲ ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ ναοῦ τῆς ὑπὲρ τῶν κιόνων περιθεούσης ζώνης κατὰ τὸ ἐκτὸς ἀσπίδες εἰσὶν ἐπίχρυσοι μία καὶ εἴκοσιν ἀριθμόν, ἀνάθημα στρατηγοῦ Ῥωμαίων Μομμίου κρατήσαντος Ἀχαιῶν πολέμῳ καὶ Κόρινθόν τε ἑλόντος καὶ Κορινθίους τοὺς Δωριέας ποιήσαντος ἀναστάτους.

English Translation

On the temple at Olympia, around the outside of the band that runs above the columns, there are twenty-one gilded shields—these are an offering of the Roman general Mummius, who defeated the Achaeans in war, captured Corinth and utterly destroyed the Dorian inhabitants of Corinth.

Proper Nouns

Dorians (Δωριεῖς) person
Corinthians (Κορίνθιοι) person
Mommius (Μόμμιος) person
Achaeans (Ἀχαιοί) person
Romans (Ῥωμαῖοι) person
Corinth (Κόρινθος) place Q1363688 Pleiades
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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