Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.15.1

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Passage 5.15.1: The Workshop of Pheidias at the Altis.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἔστι δὲ οἴκημα ἐκτὸς τῆς Ἄλτεως, καλεῖται δὲ ἐργαστήριον Φειδίου, καὶ ὁ Φειδίας καθʼ ἕκαστον τοῦ ἀγάλματος ἐνταῦθα εἰργάζετο· ἔστιν οὖν βωμὸς ἐν τῷ οἰκήματι θεοῖς πᾶσιν ἐν κοινῷ. ὀπίσω δὲ ἀναστρέψαντι αὖθις ἐς τὴν Ἄλτιν ἐστὶν ἀπαντικρὺ τοῦ Λεωνιδαίου---

English Translation

Outside the Altis there is a building known as the Workshop of Pheidias, where Pheidias himself fashioned each part of the statue. Within the building there is an altar dedicated jointly to all the gods. Turning back again towards the Altis, opposite is the Leonidaeum.

Proper Nouns

Pheidias (Φειδίας) person
Leonidaion (Λεωνιδαῖον) place Q3271682
Also in: 6.17.1
Altis (Ἄλτις) place Q2400346
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