Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.17.3

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Passage 5.17.3: Statues and dedications in the Heraion

Mythic Skeptical

Greek Text

Κόρη δὲ καὶ Δημήτηρ καὶ Ἀπόλλων καὶ Ἄρτεμις, αἱ μὲν ἀλλήλων εἰσὶν ἀπαντικρὺ καθήμεναι, Ἀπόλλων δὲ ἐναντίος ἑστώσῃ τῇ Ἀρτέμιδι ἕστηκεν. ἀνάκειται δὲ ἐνταῦθα καὶ Λητὼ Τύχη τε καὶ Διόνυσος καὶ ἔχουσα Νίκη πτερά· τοὺς δὲ εἰργασμένους αὐτὰ οὐκ ἔχω δηλῶσαι, φαίνεται δὲ εἶναί μοι καὶ ταῦτα ἐς τὰ μάλιστα ἀρχαῖα. τὰ μὲν δὴ κατειλεγμένα ἐστὶν ἐλέφαντος καὶ χρυσοῦ, χρόνῳ δὲ ὕστερον καὶ ἄλλα ἀνέθεσαν ἐς τὸ Ἡραῖον· Ἑρμῆν λίθου, Διόνυσον δὲ φέρει νήπιον, τέχνη δέ ἐστι Πραξιτέλους , καὶ Ἀφροδίτη χαλκῆ Κλέωνος ἔργον Σικυωνίου.

English Translation

Here also are Kore, Demeter, Apollo, and Artemis: the goddesses sit opposite one another, while Apollo stands facing Artemis as she stands opposite him. Placed here as dedications are also Leto, Tyche, Dionysus, and a winged Nike. I cannot clearly specify the artists who made these statues, but they seem to me among the most ancient. Those images I have listed are of ivory and gold; but later offerings of other materials were also made to the Heraion. There is a stone statue of Hermes carrying the infant Dionysus, a work by Praxiteles, and a bronze Aphrodite, crafted by Kleon of Sikyon.

Proper Nouns

Demeter (Δημήτηρ) deity Q40730
Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity Q41680
Kore (Κόρη) deity Q45967
Leto (Λητώ) deity Q103107
Nike (Νίκη) deity Q165023
Tyche (Τύχη) deity Q213440
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity Q37340
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity Q35500
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity Q39503
Hermes (Ἑρμῆς) deity Q41484
Sicyonian (Σικυώνιος) other
Kleon (Κλέων) person Q298220
Praxiteles (Πραξιτέλης) person Q105290
Heraion (Ἡραῖον) place Q1607754
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