Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.19.6

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Passage 6.19.6: Miltiades' dedicatory sword and ivory Amaltheia horn, and a boxwood Apollo.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

κεῖνται δὲ καὶ ἄλλα ἐνταῦθα ἄξια ἐπιμνησθῆναι, μάχαιρα ἡ Πέλοπος χρυσοῦ τὴν λαβὴν πεποιημένη, καὶ εἰργασμένον ἐλέφαντος κέρας τὸ Ἀμαλθείας, ἀνάθημα Μιλτιάδου τοῦ Κίμωνος, ὃς τὴν ἀρχὴν ἔσχεν ἐν χερρονήσῳ τῇ Θρᾳκίᾳ πρῶτος τῆς οἰκίας ταύτης· καὶ ἐπίγραμμα ἐπὶ τῷ κέρατί ἐστιν ἀρχαίοις Ἀττικοῖς γράμμασι, Ζηνί μʼ ἄγαλμʼ ἀνέθηκαν Ὀλυμπίῳ ἐκ χερονήσου τεῖχος ἑλόντες Ἀράτου· ἐπῆρχε δὲ Μιλτιάδης σφίν. κεῖται δὲ καὶ ἄγαλμα πύξινον Ἀπόλλωνος ἐπιχρύσου τὴν κεφαλήν· ἀνατεθῆναι δὲ ὑπὸ Λοκρῶν φησι τῶν πρὸς Ζεφυρίῳ τῇ ἄκρᾳ, Πατροκλέα δὲ εἶναι Κατίλλου Κροτωνιάτην τὸν εἰργασμένον.

English Translation

There are also other objects placed here worth mentioning: a sword of Pelops, whose handle is made of gold, and the horn of Amaltheia fashioned from ivory—the offering of Miltiades son of Kimon, who first ruled in the Thracian Chersonese from this family. Upon the horn is an epigram inscribed in ancient Attic letters: "To Olympian Zeus they dedicated me as a gift, having captured Aratos' stronghold from the Chersonese; Miltiades led them." There is also an image of Apollo made from boxwood, whose head is covered with gold; he says it was dedicated by the Locrians near the promontory of Zephyrium, and that the artist was Patrocles of Croton, son of Catillus.

Proper Nouns

Zeus (Ζεύς) deity
Amaltheia (Ἀμάλθεια) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Olympian (Ὀλύμπιος) deity
Cimon (Κίμων) person
Catillus (Κατίλλος) person
Miltiades (Μιλτιάδης) person
Pelops (Πέλοψ) person
Patrocles (Πατροκλῆς) person
Also in: 6.3.4 10.9.10
Aratus (Ἀράτος) person
Zephyrium (Ζέφυρος) place Q467515
Also in: 3.3.1
Thrace (Θρᾴκη) place Q41741
Krotoniate (from Kroton) (Κροτωνιάτης) place
Locrians (Λοκροί) place Q764236
Chersonese (χερρόνησος) place Q192860
Also in: 7.3.9
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