Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.18.10

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Passage 7.18.10: Ivory-and-gold huntress statue of Artemis by Menaechmus and Soidas.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐς Οἰνέα ἀνὰ χρόνον τοῖς Καλυδωνίοις ἐλαφρότερον γενέσθαι λέγουσι καὶ αἰτίαν τῇ θεῷ τῆς ἐπικλήσεως ἐθέλουσιν εἶναι ταύτην. τὸ μὲν σχῆμα τοῦ ἀγάλματος θηρεύουσά ἐστιν, ἐλέφαντος δὲ καὶ χρυσοῦ πεποίηται, Ναυπάκτιοι δὲ Μέναιχμος καὶ Σοΐδας εἰργάσαντο· τεκμαίρονται σφᾶς Κανάχου τοῦ Σικυωνίου καὶ τοῦ Αἰγινήτου Κάλλωνος οὐ πολλῷ γενέσθαι τινὶ ἡλικίαν ὑστέρους.

English Translation

They say that, in time, the anger of the goddess toward Oeneus became lighter for the Calydonians, and they wish this to be the reason for the epithet given to her. As for the statue, its form represents her as a huntress, and it is fashioned from ivory and gold by Menaechmus and Soidas of Naupactus. It is estimated that these artists came slightly later in date than Canachus of Sicyon and Callon of Aegina.

Proper Nouns

god (θεός) deity
Callon of Aegina (Κάλλων Αἰγίνης) person
Kanachos of Sicyon (Κάναχος Σικυώνιος) person
Calydonians (Καλυδώνιοι) person
Menachmus (Μέναιχμος) person
Naupactians (Ναυπάκτιος) person
Also in: 4.25.3 10.38.11
Oineus (Οἰνεύς) person
Suidas (Σοΐδας) person
Aegina (Αἴγινα) place Q191082
Sicyon (Σικυών) place Q368628 Pleiades
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