Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.24.6

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Passage 5.24.6: Beardless statues of Zeus at Olympia

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἄλλος Ζεὺς οὐκ ἔχων πω γένεια, κεῖται δὲ ἐν τοῖς ἀναθήμασι τοῖς Μικύθου. τὰ δὲ ἐς Μίκυθον, γένος τε ὁποῖον ἦν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀνθʼ ὅτου τὰ ἀναθήματα ἐς Ὀλυμπίαν τὰ πολλὰ ἀνέθηκεν, ὁ ἐφεξῆς μοι λόγος δηλώσει. ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ ἀγάλματος τοῦ εἰρημένου προελθόντι ὀλίγον κατʼ εὐθεῖαν ἄγαλμά ἐστι Διὸς οὐκ ἔχον γένεια οὐδὲ αὐτό, Ἐλαϊτῶν δὲ ἀνάθημα, οἳ καταβάντι ἐκ Καΐκου πεδίου ἐς θάλασσαν πρῶτοι ἐν τῇ Αἰολίδι οἰκοῦσι.

English Translation

There is also another Zeus without a beard, situated among the offerings dedicated by Mikythos. Concerning Mikythos, his lineage, and the reason for most of his dedications at Olympia, these matters will be explained in my following narrative. A short distance onward in a direct line from the statue just mentioned stands another statue of Zeus, likewise without a beard; this is an offering of the Eleans, who dwell in Aeolis, the first people encountered when going down from the plain of the Kaikos River to the sea.

Proper Nouns

Zeus (Ζεύς) deity
Micythus (Μίκυθος) person
Elaites (Ἐλαῖται) person
Aeolis (Αἰολίς) place Q255325
Also in: 3.2.1
Caicus (Καΐκος) place Q1737602
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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