Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.19.8

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Passage 6.19.8: Epidamnian treasuries with cedar carvings of Atlas, Heracles, and the Hesperides

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ὁ δὲ τρίτος τῶν θησαυρῶν καὶ ὁ τέταρτος ἀνάθημά ἐστιν Ἐπιδαμνίων ἔχει μὲν πόλον ἀνεχόμενον ὑπὸ Ἄτλαντος, ἔχει δὲ Ἡρακλέα καὶ δένδρον τὸ παρὰ Ἑσπερίσι, τὴν μηλέαν, καὶ περι ελ ειλιγμένον τῇ μηλέᾳ τὸν δράκοντα, κέδρου μὲν καὶ ταῦτα, Θεοκλέους δὲ ἔργα τοῦ Ἡγύλου· ποιῆσαι δὲ αὐτὸν ὁμοῦ τῷ παιδί φησι τὰ ἐπὶ τοῦ πόλου γράμματα. αἱ δὲ Ἑσπερίδες ---μετεκινήθησαν γὰρ ὑπὸ Ἠλείων---αὗται μὲν ἔτι καὶ ἐς ἐμὲ ἦσαν ἐν τῷ Ἡραίῳ· τὸν δὲ θησαυρὸν τοῖς Ἐπιδαμνίοις Πύρρος καὶ οἱ παῖδες Λακράτης τε καὶ Ἕρμων ἐποίησαν.

English Translation

The third and the fourth treasuries are offerings from the Epidamnians. They contain a carved representation of Atlas holding up the heavens, as well as Heracles and the tree of the Hesperides, the apple-tree, around which is coiled the dragon. These too are made of cedar-wood and are the work of Theocles, the son of Hegylus. An inscription upon the heavens says that he made it together with his son. The figures of the Hesperides—these were moved elsewhere by the Eleans—remained even in my time in the Heraeum. As for the treasury itself, it was built for the Epidamnians by Pyrrhus and his sons Lacrates and Hermon.

Proper Nouns

Hesperides (Ἑσπερίδες) deity
Also in: 5.11.6 5.17.2
the Pole (the celestial sphere) (Πόλος) other
Theocles (Θεοκλῆς) person
Also in: 3.13.3 5.17.2
Lakrates (Λακράτης) person
Also in: 10.20.4
Pyrrhus (Πύρρος) person
Atlas (Ἄτλας) person
Hermon (Ἕρμων) person
Hegylus (Ἡγύλος) person
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person
Epidamnos (Ἐπίδαμνος) place Q3567546
Epidamnians (Ἐπιδαμνῖοι) place
Eleians (Ἠλεῖοι) place Q6536845
Heraion (Ἡραῖον) place Q1607754
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