Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.17.4

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Passage 5.17.4: Statues before Aphrodite: Boethus's gilded child and Philippeion's Eurydice and Olympias.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τούτου δὲ ὁ διδάσκαλος τοῦ Κλέωνος, ὄνομα Ἀντιφάνης , ἐκ φοιτήσεως Περικλύτου , Πολυκλείτου δὲ ἦν τοῦ Ἀργείου μαθητὴς ὁ Περίκλυτος. παιδίον δὲ ἐπίχρυσον κάθηται γυμνὸν πρὸ τῆς Ἀφροδίτης· Βοηθὸς δὲ ἐτόρευσεν αὐτὸ Καλχηδόνιος. μετεκομίσθη δὲ αὐτόσε καὶ ἐκ τοῦ καλουμένου Φιλιππείου, χρυσοῦ καὶ ταῦτα καὶ ἐλέφαντος, Εὐρυδίκη τε ἡ Ἀριδαίου γυνὴ καὶ Ὀλυμπιὰς ἡ Φιλίππου.

English Translation

The teacher of Cleon was Antiphanes, who was the pupil of Periclytus, himself a pupil of Polycleitus of Argos. In front of the Aphrodite stands a seated statue of a naked child, covered with gold; it was carved by Boethus of Chalcedon. Also transferred here from the building called the Philippeion were statues made of gold and ivory representing Eurydice, wife of Aridaeus, and Olympias, wife of Philip.

Proper Nouns

Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
the Chalcedonian (Καλχηδόνιος) other
Argive (Ἀργεῖος) other
Boethus (Βοηθός) person Q890332
Eurydice (Εὐρυδίκη) person Q242295
Kleon (Κλέων) person
Pericles (Περικλῆς) person
Polykleitos (Πολύκλειτος) person
Philip (Φίλιππος) person
Antiphanes (Ἀντιφάνης) person
Arrhidaeus (Ἀριδαῖος) person
Olympias (Ὀλυμπιάς) person
Philippeion (Φιλιππεῖον) place Q3396766
Also in: 5.20.9
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