Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.26.6

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Passage 5.26.6: Statues near Mikythos: Athena by Nicodamus and a wingless Victory by Kalamis.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

πλησίον δὲ τῶν μειζόνων ἀναθημάτων Μικύθου, τέχνης δὲ τοῦ Ἀργείου Γλαύκου, Ἀθηνᾶς ἄγαλμα ἕστηκε κράνος ἐπικειμένη καὶ αἰγίδα ἐνδεδυκυῖα· Νικόδαμος μὲν εἰργάσατο ὁ Μαινάλιος, Ἠλείων δέ ἐστιν ἀνάθημα. παρὰ δὲ τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν πεποίηται Νίκη· ταύτην Μαντινεῖς ἀνέθεσαν, τὸν πόλεμον δὲ οὐ δηλοῦσιν ἐν τῷ ἐπιγράμματι· Κάλαμις δὲ οὐκ ἔχουσαν πτερὰ ποιῆσαι λέγεται ἀπομιμούμενος τὸ Ἀθήνῃσι τῆς Ἀπτέρου καλουμένης ξόανον.

English Translation

Near to the larger votive offerings of Mikythos, which are the work of Glaucus of Argos, there stands a statue of Athena, wearing a helmet and clad in an aegis. It was made by Nicodamus of Maenalus, but it was dedicated by the Eleans. Beside the Athena has been set up a statue of Victory, dedicated by the Mantineans, though the inscription does not indicate to which war it refers. They say that Kalamis made this figure without wings, imitating the wooden image at Athens known as Wingless Victory.

Proper Nouns

Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity Q37122
Apteros (Ἀπτερὸς) deity
Nike (Νίκη) deity Q165023
Argive (Ἀργεῖος) other Q10417789
Eleans (Ἠλεῖοι) other Q6536845
Mainalian (Μαινάλιος) other
Also in: 5.27.2
Mantineans (Μαντινεῖς) other
Also in: 8.9.7
Glaucus (Γλαῦκος) person Q20002632
Kalamis (Κάλαμις) person Q918382
Mikythos (Μίκυθος) person Q1934135
Nicodamus (Νικόδαμος) person Q11938770
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
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