Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.2.4

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Passage 6.2.4: Statue of Thrasybulus, the Eleian seer.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τοῦ δὲ Λίχα πλησίον μάντις ἕστηκεν Ἠλεῖος Θρασύβουλος Αἰνέου τῶν Ἰαμιδῶν, ὃς καὶ Μαντινεῦσιν ἐμαντεύσατο ἐναντία Λακεδαιμονίων καὶ Ἄγιδος τοῦ Εὐδαμίδου βασιλέως· ἃ δὴ καὶ ἐς πλέον ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τῷ ἐς Ἀρκάδας ἐπέξειμι. τοῦ Θρασυβούλου δὲ τῇ εἰκόνι γαλεώτης πρὸς τὸν ὦμον προσέρπων ἐστὶ τὸν δεξιόν, καὶ κύων ἱερεῖον δὴ παρʼ αὐτῷ κεῖται διατετμημένος τε δίχα καὶ φαίνων τὸ ἧπαρ.

English Translation

Near the statue of Lichas stands Thrasybulus, the Eleian seer, the son of Aeneas and one of the Iamidae. This man prophesied for the Mantineans against the Lacedaemonians and King Agis, son of Eudamidas. I shall speak more fully about these matters in my account of Arcadia. On the statue of Thrasybulus, there is a gecko crawling upon his right shoulder, and beside him lies a dog, offered as a sacrificial victim, cut in half and displaying its liver.

Proper Nouns

Aineus (Αἰνεύς) person
Eudamidas (Εὐδαμίδης) person Q889042
Thrasyboulos (Θρασύβουλος) person
Lichas (Λίχας) person
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) person
Agis (Ἄγις) person
Eleians (Ἠλεῖος) person
Iamidai (Ἰαμίδαι) person
Mantineans (Μαντινεῦς) place Q10323875
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