Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.26.3

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Passage 5.26.3: Agon with jumping-weights, a dedication at Mikythos, with statues by Dionysius.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἀγών τε ἐν τοῖς ἀναθήμασίν ἐστι τοῖς Μικύθου φέρων ἁλτῆρας, οἱ δὲ ἁλτῆρες οὗτοι παρέχονται σχῆμα τοιόνδε· κύκλου παραμηκεστέρου καὶ οὐκ ἐς τὸ ἀκριβέστατον περιφεροῦς εἰσιν ἥμισυ, πεποίηται δὲ ὡς καὶ τοὺς δακτύλους τῶν χειρῶν διιέναι καθάπερ διʼ ὀχάνων ἀσπίδος. τούτων μὲν δὴ σχῆμά ἐστι τὸ εἰρημένον· παρὰ δὲ τοῦ Ἀγῶνος τὴν εἰκόνα Διόνυσος καὶ ὁ Θρᾷξ ἐστιν Ὀρφεὺς καὶ ἄγαλμα Διός, οὗ δὴ καὶ ὀλίγῳ πρότερον ἐπεμνήσθην. ταῦτα ἔργα ἐστὶν Ἀργείου Διονυσίου · τεθῆναι δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ Μικύθου καὶ ἄλλα ὁμοῦ τούτοις λέγουσι, Νέρωνα δὲ ἀφελέσθαι φασὶ καὶ ταῦτα.

English Translation

Among the dedications of Mikythos there stands an Agon carrying jumping-weights. These jumping-weights have a shape as follows: they resemble a somewhat elongated circle rather than a perfectly round shape, and they are fashioned so that the fingers of a hand may be inserted into them as through the handles of a shield. Such, then, is the stated form of these objects. Beside the statue of Agon are figures of Dionysus, of the Thracian Orpheus, and a statue of Zeus, which I have mentioned a little earlier. These works are by Dionysius of Argos. It is said that Mikythos dedicated additional objects along with these as well, but Nero is reported to have taken even these away.

Proper Nouns

Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity Q41680
Zeus (Ζεύς) deity Q34201
Thracian (Θρᾷξ) other Q144964
Dionysios the Argive (Διονύσιος ὁ Ἀργεῖος) person Q16190885
Micythus (Μίκυθος) person Q1934135
Nero (Νέρων) person Q1413
Agon (Ἀγών) person
Orpheus (Ὀρφεύς) person
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