Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.19.2

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Passage 6.19.2: Myron's bronze treasury with Dorian and Ionian chambers.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

τοῦτον ᾠκοδόμησεν ὁ Μύρων νικήσας ἅρματι τὴν τρίτην καὶ τριακοστὴν Ὀλυμπιάδα. ἐν δὲ τῷ θησαυρῷ καὶ θαλάμους δύο ἐποίησε, τὸν μὲν Δώριον, τὸν δὲ ἐργασίας τῆς Ἰώνων. χαλκοῦ μὲν δὴ αὐτοὺς ἑώρων εἰργασμένους· εἰ δὲ καὶ Ταρτήσσιος χαλκὸς λόγῳ τῷ Ἠλείων ἐστίν, οὐκ οἶδα.

English Translation

This was built by Myron, who had won the chariot-race at the thirty-third Olympiad. In this treasury he constructed two chambers, one in the Dorian style, the other in Ionian workmanship. I saw myself that they were made of bronze; however, whether this bronze was the so-called Tartessian bronze, as claimed by the Eleans, I cannot say.

Proper Nouns

Eleans (Ἠλεῖοι) other
Ionians (Ἴωνες) other
Olympiad (Ὀλυμπιάς) other
Myron (Μύρων) person
Dorian (Δώριον) place
Also in: 4.33.7 6.3.16
Tartessian (Ταρτήσσιος) place Q320416
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