Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.19.10

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Passage 5.19.10: Chest whose inscriptions are ascribed to Eumelus the Corinthian

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

τὸν μὲν δὴ τὴν λάρνακα κατ εἰργασμένον ὅστις ἦν, οὐδαμῶς ἡμῖν δυνατὰ ἦν συμβαλέσθαι· τὰ ἐπιγράμματα δὲ τὰ ἐπʼ αὐτῆς τάχα μέν που καὶ ἄλλος τις ἂν εἴη πεποιηκώς, τῆς δὲ ὑπονοίας τὸ πολὺ ἐς Εὔμηλον τὸν Κορίνθιον εἶχεν ἡμῖν, ἄλλων τε ἕνεκα καὶ τοῦ προσοδίου μάλιστα ὃ ἐποίησεν ἐς Δῆλον.

English Translation

Who exactly was the craftsman who designed the chest, it was entirely impossible for us to conjecture. Concerning the inscriptions upon it, it might perhaps have been another who composed them; yet we strongly suspected Eumelus the Corinthian, for several reasons, and particularly because of the processional hymn he composed for Delos.

Proper Nouns

Eumelos (Εὔμηλος) person Q391254
Corinthians (Κορίνθιος) person
Delos (Δῆλος) place Q173148
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