Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.19.6

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Passage 7.19.6: Eurypylus brings a Dionysus image that ends Artemis's human sacrifices

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

παύσασθαι δὲ οὕτω λέγονται θύοντες τῇ Ἀρτέμιδι ἀνθρώπους. ἐκέχρητο δὲ αὐτοῖς πρότερον ἔτι ἐκ Δελφῶν ὡς βασιλεὺς ξένος παραγενόμενός σφισιν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, ξενικὸν ἅμα ἀγόμενος δαίμονα, τὰ ἐς τὴν θυσίαν τῆς Τρικλαρίας παύσει. Ἰλίου δὲ ἁλούσης καὶ νεμομένων τὰ λάφυρα τῶν Ἑλλήνων, Εὐρύπυλος ὁ Εὐαίμονος λαμβάνει λάρνακα· Διονύσου δὲ ἄγαλμα ἦν ἐν τῇ λάρνακι, ἔργον μὲν ὥς φασιν Ἡφαίστου , δῶρον δὲ ὑπὸ Διὸς ἐδόθη Δαρδάνῳ.

English Translation

They are said to have ceased in this way from the sacrifice of humans to Artemis. For previously, an oracle had come to them from Delphi, stating that a foreign king would arrive upon their land, bringing with him a foreign divinity, and he would bring an end to the sacrifice offered to Artemis Triklaria. When Ilium was taken and the Greeks were distributing its spoils, Eurypylus, son of Euaemon, received a chest; in it was an image of Dionysus, said to be fabricated by Hephaestus and given by Zeus as a gift to Dardanus.

Proper Nouns

Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Zeus (Ζεύς) deity
Triklaria (Τρικλαρία) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Hephaestus (Ἥφαιστος) deity
Dardanos (Δάρδανος) person
Also in: 8.24.3
Euaimon (Εὐάιμων) person
Eurypylos (Εὐρύπυλος) person Q125783838
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
Ilium (Ἴλιον) place Q22647
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