Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.25.7

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Passage 5.25.7: Bronze statues of Heracles, one shown shooting at the Nemean lion.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦ αὐτοῦ τείχους τά τε Ἀκραγαντίνων ἀναθήματα καὶ Ἡρακλέους δύο εἰσὶν ἀνδριάντες γυμνοί, παῖδες ἡλικίαν· τὸν δὲ ἐν Νεμέᾳ τοξεύοντι ἔοικε λέοντα. τοῦτον μὲν δὴ τόν τε Ἡρακλέα καὶ ὁμοῦ τῷ Ἡρακλεῖ τὸν λέοντα Ταραντῖνος ἀνέθηκεν Ἱπποτίων, Νικοδάμου δέ ἐστι Μαιναλίου τέχνη· τὸ δὲ ἄγαλμα τὸ ἕτερον Ἀναξίππου μέν ἐστιν ἀνάθημα Μενδαίου, μετεκομίσθη δὲ ἐνταῦθα ὑπὸ Ἠλείων· τὰ πρὸ τούτου δὲ ἔκειτο ἐπὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ τῷ πέρατι, ἣ ἄγει μὲν ἐξ Ἤλιδος ἐς Ὀλυμπίαν, καλεῖται δὲ Ἱερά.

English Translation

On the same wall are dedications from the people of Acragas and two bronze statues of Heracles, depicted nude as youths. The one at Nemea is represented shooting at the lion. This representation of Heracles along with the lion was dedicated by Hippotion of Tarentum and crafted by Nicodamus of Maenalus. The other statue is a dedicated offering from Anaxippus of Mende, and was brought here by the Eleans. Previously, it stood at the end of the road called "Sacred," which leads from Elis to Olympia.

Proper Nouns

Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) deity
Hiera (the Sacred Road) (Ἱερά) other
Nikodamos (Νικόδαμος) person
Tarentine (Ταραντῖνος) person
Also in: 6.14.11 9.13.1
Anaxippus (Ἀναξίππος) person
Eleans (Ἠλεῖοι) person
Hippotion (Ἱπποτίων) person
of Mendaios (Mendaean) (Μένδαιος) place
Mainalian (of Mainalos) (Μαιναλίον) place Q112302501
Nemea (Νεμέα) place Q748108
Akragantines (people of Acragas/Agrigentum) (Ἀκραγαντῖνοι) place
Elis (Ἦλις) place Q217667
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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