Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.12.4

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Passage 5.12.4: Antiochus' dedications: embroidered woolen curtain at Olympia and golden aegis in Athens

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐν δὲ Ὀλυμπίᾳ παραπέτασμα ἐρεοῦν κεκοσμημένον ὑφάσμασιν Ἀσσυρίοις καὶ βαφῇ πορφύρας τῆς Φοινίκων ἀνέθηκεν Ἀντίοχος, οὗ δὴ καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ θεάτρου τοῦ Ἀθήνῃσιν ἡ αἰγὶς ἡ χρυσῆ καὶ ἐπʼ αὐτῆς ἡ Γοργώ ἐστιν ἀναθήματα. τοῦτο οὐκ ἐς τὸ ἄνω τὸ παραπέτασμα πρὸς τὸν ὄροφον ὥσπερ γε ἐν Ἀρτέμιδος τῆς Ἐφεσίας ἀνέλκουσι, καλῳδίοις δὲ ἐπιχαλῶντες καθιᾶσιν ἐς τὸ ἔδαφος.

English Translation

At Olympia, Antiochus dedicated a woolen curtain embellished with Assyrian embroidery and Phoenician purple dye. He also gave the golden aegis with the Gorgon upon it, placed above the theater in Athens. This curtain was not pulled upward towards the roof, as is done at the temple of Artemis at Ephesus, but was lowered to the ground by cords that drew it down.

Proper Nouns

Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Gorgo (the Gorgon) (Γοργώ) other
Phoenicians (Φοίνικες) other
Also in: 9.12.2
Assyrians (Ἀσσυρίοι) other
Antiochus (Ἀντίοχος) person
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
of Ephesus (Ἐφεσία) place Q514706
Also in: 5.19.2 7.2.6
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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