Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.22.3

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Passage 5.22.3: Statues by Lycius, son of Myron, dedicated by the Apollonians on the Ionian coast.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ταῦτά ἐστιν ἔργα μὲν Λυκίου τοῦ Μύρωνος, Ἀπολλωνιᾶται δὲ ἀνέθηκαν οἱ ἐν τῷ Ἰονίῳ· καὶ δὴ καὶ ἐλεγεῖον γράμμασίν ἐστιν ἀρχαίοις ὑπὸ τοῦ Διὸς τοῖς ποσί· μνάματʼ Ἀπολλωνίας ἀνακείμεθα, τὰν ἐνὶ πόντῳ Ἰονίῳ Φοῖβος ᾤκισʼ ἀκερσεκόμας· οἳ γᾶς τέρμαθʼ ἑλόντες Ἀβαντίδος ἐνθάδε ταῦτα ἔστασαν σὺν θεοῖς ἐκ Θρονίου δεκάταν. ἡ δὲ Ἀβαντὶς καλουμένη χώρα καὶ πόλισμα ἐν αὐτῇ Θρόνιον τῆς Θεσπρωτίδος ἦσαν ἠπείρου κατὰ ὄρη τὰ Κεραύνια.

English Translation

These works are by Lycius, the son of Myron, and were dedicated by the Apollonians who live by the Ionian Sea. Indeed, beneath the statue of Zeus there is an elegiac inscription in ancient letters: "We stand dedicated as memorials of Apollonia, which long-haired Phoebus founded by the Ionian Sea. Having captured the territory of Abantis, we placed these statues here, a tithe from Thronium, together with the gods." The region called Abantis, and the town of Thronium within it, belonged to Thesprotis, located on the mainland near the Ceraunian mountains.

Proper Nouns

Zeus (Ζεύς) deity
Phoebus (Φοῖβος) deity
Lycian (Λύκιος) person
Myron (Μύρων) person
Apolloniates (Ἀπολλωνιάται) person
Also in: 5.22.4
Thesprotis (Θεσπρωτίς) place Q119039542
Thronion (Θρόνιον) place Q3035310
Also in: 5.22.4
Ceraunian (Mountains) (Κεραύνια) place Q1054699
Also in: 1.13.1 5.22.4
Abantis (Ἀβαντίς) place Q19979682
Also in: 5.22.4
Apollonia (Ἀπολλωνία) place Q505703
Also in: 5.22.4 6.14.13
Ionian (Sea) (Ἰόνιον) place Q37495 Pleiades
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