Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.25.11

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Passage 5.25.11: Statue of Heracles fighting an Amazon by Aristocles of Cydonia.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

οὐ πόρρω δὲ τοῦ Ἀχαιῶν ἀναθήματος καὶ Ἡρακλῆς ἐστιν ὑπὲρ τοῦ ζωστῆρος μαχόμενος πρὸς τὴν Ἀμαζόνα ἔφιππον γυναῖκα· τοῦτον Εὐαγόρας μὲν γένος Ζαγκλαῖος ἀνέθηκεν, ἐποίησε δὲ Κυδωνιάτης Ἀριστοκλῆς . ἐν δὲ τοῖς μάλιστα ἀρχαίοις καταριθμήσασθαι καὶ τὸν Ἀριστοκλέα ἔστι· καὶ σαφῶς μὲν ἡλικίαν οὐκ ἔχοι τις ἂν εἰπεῖν αὐτοῦ, δῆλα δὲ ὡς πρότερον ἔτι ἐγένετο πρὶν ἢ τῇ Ζάγκλῃ τὸ ὄνομα γενέσθαι τὸ ἐφʼ ἡμῶν Μεσσήνην.

English Translation

Not far from the dedication of the Achaeans is a figure of Heracles fighting for the belt against an Amazon, a mounted woman. This was dedicated by Euagoras, a native of Zancle, and made by Aristocles of Cydonia. Aristocles may also be counted among the oldest sculptors. Although no one could exactly determine his date, it is clear that he lived before the time when Zancle was renamed Messene, the name by which we know it today.

Proper Nouns

Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) deity
Evagoras (Εὐαγόρας) person Q463301
Amazon (Ἀμαζών) person
Also in: 1.2.1 5.10.9
Aristokles (Ἀριστοκλῆς) person
Achaeans (Ἀχαιοί) person
Zancle (Ζάγκλη) place Q4023782
Also in: 4.23.7 4.23.9
Cydonian (of Cydonia) (Κυδωνιά) place Q1481525
Messene (Μεσσήνη) place Q1022117
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