Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.26.6

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Passage 5.26.6: Statues near Mikythos: Athena by Nikodamos 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 Glaukos of Argos, there stands a statue of Athena, wearing a helmet and clad in an aegis. It was made by Nikodamos of Mainalos, 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

Nike (Νίκη) deity
Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Apteros (Ἀπτερὸς) deity
Mainalian (Μαινάλιος) other
Also in: 5.27.2
Mantineans (Μαντινεῖς) other
Also in: 8.9.7
Argive (Ἀργεῖος) other
Eleans (Ἠλεῖοι) other
Glaukos (Γλαῦκος) person Q20002632
Calamis (Κάλαμις) person
Micythus (Μίκυθος) person
Nikodamos (Νικόδαμος) person
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
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