Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.26.4

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Passage 5.26.4: Micythus, ex-slave and steward of Anaxilas who dedicated works at Olympia and later went to Tegea.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τοῖς δὲ ἐργασαμένοις αὐτά, γένος οὖσιν Ἀργείοις, Διονυσίῳ τε καὶ Γλαύκῳ, διδάσκαλόν σφισιν οὐδένα ἐπιλέγουσιν· ἡλικίαν δὲ αὐτῶν ὁ τὰ ἔργα ἐς Ὀλυμπίαν ἀναθεὶς ἐπιδείκνυσιν ὁ Μίκυθος. τὸν γὰρ δὴ Μίκυθον τοῦτον Ἡρόδοτος ἔφη ἐν τοῖς λόγοις, ὡς Ἀναξίλα τοῦ ἐν Ῥηγίῳ τυραννήσαντος γενόμενος δοῦλος καὶ ταμίας τῶν Ἀναξίλα χρημάτων ὕστερον τούτων ἀπιὼν οἴχοιτο ἐς Τεγέαν τελευτήσαντος Ἀναξίλα.

English Translation

As to those who created these works—two Argives by birth, Dionysius and Glaucus—they mention no teacher at all. Micythus, who dedicated the artists' works at Olympia, indicates their approximate period. About this very Micythus, Herodotus mentions in his account that he was a slave of Anaxilas, the tyrant of Rhegium, and steward of the wealth of Anaxilas. Later, after Anaxilas' death, Micythus departed from there and went to Tegea.

Proper Nouns

Glaukos (Γλαῦκος) person Q20002632
Dionysios (Διονύσιος) person
Micythus (Μίκυθος) person
Anaxilas (Ἀναξίλας) person
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) person
Herodotus (Ἡρόδοτος) person
Tegea (Τεγέα) place Q645234 Pleiades
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
Rhegion (Ῥήγιον) place Q3429952
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