Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.26.2

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Passage 5.26.2: Mikythos' dedications near Iphitos of Elis

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τὰ δὲ ἀναθήματα Μικύθου πολλά τε ἀριθμὸν καὶ οὐκ ἐφεξῆς ὄντα εὕρισκον, ἀλλὰ Ἰφίτου μὲν τοῦ Ἠλείου καὶ Ἐκεχειρίας στεφανούσης τὸν Ἴφιτον, τούτων μὲν τῶν εἰκόνων ἔχεται τοσάδε ἀναθήματα τῶν Μικύθου, Ἀμφιτρίτη καὶ Ποσειδῶν τε καὶ Ἑστία· Γλαῦκος δὲ ὁ ποιήσας ἐστὶν Ἀργεῖος. παρὰ δὲ τοῦ ναοῦ τοῦ μεγάλου τὴν ἐν ἀριστερᾷ πλευρὰν ἀνέθηκεν ἄλλα, Κόρην τὴν Δήμητρος καὶ Ἀφροδίτην Γανυμήδην τε καὶ Ἄρτεμιν, ποιητῶν δὲ Ὅμηρον καὶ Ἡσίοδον, καὶ θεοὺς αὖθις Ἀσκληπιὸν καὶ Ὑγείαν.

English Translation

The offerings dedicated by Mikythos I found to be both numerous and not consecutively arranged. But near the images of Iphitos of Elis and Ekecheiria ("Truce") crowning Iphitos are situated the following dedications of Mikythos: Amphitrite, Poseidon, and Hestia. The artist who made them was Glaukos of Argos. Beside the great temple on the left-hand side Mikythos dedicated other statues: Kore, daughter of Demeter, and Aphrodite, Ganymede, and Artemis, as well as statues of the poets Homer and Hesiod, and again statues of the gods Asklepios and Hygieia.

Proper Nouns

Demeter (Δήμητρα) deity
Kore (Κόρη) deity
Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) deity
Amphitrite (Ἀμφιτρίτη) deity
Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός) deity
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Ekecheiria (Ἐκεχειρία) deity
Also in: 5.10.10
Hestia (Ἑστία) deity
Hygeia (Ὑγεία) deity
Ganymede (Γανυμήδης) person Q1493701
Also in: 2.13.3 5.24.5
Glaukos (Γλαῦκος) person Q20002632
Micythus (Μίθυκος) person
Eleians (Ἠλεῖος) person
Hesiod (Ἡσίοδος) person
Iphitos (Ἴφιτος) person
Homer (Ὅμηρος) person
of Argos (Ἀργεῖος) place Q10417789
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