Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.25.8

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Passage 5.25.8: Statues of the Achaeans who drew lots to fight Hector

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἀναθήματα ἐν κοινῷ τοῦ Ἀχαιῶν ἔθνους, ὅσοι προκαλεσαμένου τοῦ Ἕκτορος ἐς μονομαχίαν ἄνδρα Ἕλληνα τὸν κλῆρον ἐπὶ τῷ ἀγῶνι ὑπέμειναν. οὗτοι μὲν δὴ ἑστήκασι τοῦ ναοῦ τοῦ μεγάλου πλησίον, δόρασι καὶ ἀσπίσιν ὡπλισμένοι· ἀπαντικρὺ δὲ ἐπὶ ἑτέρου βάθρου πεποίηται Νέστωρ, τὸν ἑκάστου κλῆρον ἐσβεβληκὼς ἐς τὴν κυνῆν. τῶν δὲ ἐπὶ τῷ Ἕκτορι κληρουμένων ἀριθμὸν ὄντων ὀκτώ---τὸν γὰρ ἔνατον αὐτῶν, τὴν τοῦ Ὀδυσσέως εἰκόνα, Νέρωνα κομίσαι λέγουσιν ἐς Ῥώμην ---, τῶν δὲ ὀκτὼ τούτων ἐπὶ μόνῳ τῷ ἀγάλματι

English Translation

There are also offerings set up in common by the Achaean nation, representing those Greeks who drew lots and stood prepared to fight when challenged by Hector to single combat. These figures stand near the great temple, armed with spears and shields; opposite, on another pedestal, is depicted Nestor placing the lot of each man into the helmet. Although the number of those who drew lots to face Hector was originally nine—since they say Nero carried away the ninth figure, that of Odysseus, to Rome—only eight of these statues remain.

Proper Nouns

Nero (Νέρων) person
Nestor (Νέστωρ) person
Achaeans (Ἀχαιοί) person
Hector (Ἕκτωρ) person
Greeks (Ἕλλην) person
Odysseus (Ὀδυσσεύς) person
Rome (Ῥώμη) place Q220 Pleiades
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