Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.17.3

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Passage 5.17.3: Statues and dedications in the Heraion

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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
Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Kore (Κόρη) deity
Leto (Λητώ) deity
Nike (Νίκη) deity
Tyche (Τύχη) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Hermes (Ἑρμῆς) deity
Sicyonian (Σικυώνιος) other
Kleon (Κλέων) person
Praxiteles (Πραξιτέλης) person
Heraion (Ἡραῖον) place Q1607754
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