Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.19.10

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Passage 6.19.10: The Selinuntian treasury at Olympia housing an ivory-faced Dionysus.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

πρὸς δὲ τῷ Συβαριτῶν Λιβύων ἐστὶ τῶν ἐν Κυρήνῃ θησαυρός· κεῖνται δὲ βασιλεῖς ἐν αὐτῷ Ῥωμαίων. Σικελιώτας δὲ Σελινουντίους ἀνέστησαν μὲν Καρχηδόνιοι πολέμῳ· πρὶν δὲ ἢ τὴν συμφορὰν γενέσθαι σφίσι, θησαυρὸν τῷ ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ Διὶ ἐποίησαν. Διόνυσος δέ ἐστιν ἐνταῦθα πρόσωπον καὶ ἄκρους πόδας καὶ τὰς χεῖρας ἐλέφαντος εἰργασμένος.

English Translation

Near the treasury of the Sybarites stands the treasury of the Libyans from Cyrene. Within it lie Roman kings. The Selinuntians, Sicilian inhabitants, were driven from their homes by war against the Carthaginians, yet prior to their misfortune they dedicated a treasury to Zeus in Olympia. Inside it stands a Dionysus, whose face, as well as hands and feet, are made of ivory.

Proper Nouns

Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Zeus (Ζεύς) deity
Carthaginians (Καρχηδόνιος) person
Also in: 4.35.4
Libys (Λίβυς) person
Selinuntians (Σελινουντιος) person
Siceliotes (Σικελιώτης) person
Also in: 6.2.10
Sybarites (Συβαρίτης) person
Romans (Ῥωμαῖοι) person
Cyrene (Κυρήνη) place Q44112
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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