Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.26.4

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Passage 7.26.4: Sanctuary of Zeus at Aigeira: Pentelic statue by Euclides and a chryselephantine Athena

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

οὐ μὴν καὶ αὐτίκα γε ἐξενίκησεν Αἴγειραν ἀντὶ Ὑπερησίας καλεῖσθαι, ἐπεὶ κατʼ ἐμὲ ἦσαν ἔτι οἳ Ὠρεὸν τὴν ἐν Εὐβοίᾳ τῷ ὀνόματι Ἑστίαιαν ἐκάλουν τῷ ἀρχαίῳ. παρείχετο δὲ ἡ Αἴγειρα ἐς συγγραφὴν ἱερὸν Διὸς καὶ ἄγαλμα καθήμενον λίθου τοῦ Πεντελησίου, Ἀθηναίου δὲ ἔργον Εὐκλείδου . ἐν τούτῳ τῷ ἱερῷ καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς ἄγαλμα ἕστηκε· πρόσωπόν τε καὶ ἄκραι χεῖρες ἐλέφαντος καὶ οἱ πόδες, τὸ δὲ ἄλλο ξόανον χρυσῷ τε ἐπιπολῆς διηνθισμένον ἐστὶ καὶ φαρμάκοις.

English Translation

However, the name Aigeira did not immediately prevail instead of Hyperesia, since even in my time, some continued to call Oreos in Euboea by its ancient name, Hestiaia. Now Aigeira provided the opportunity to record a sanctuary of Zeus, in which stood a seated statue made from Pentelic marble, a work by the Athenian sculptor Euclides. In this sanctuary there is also a statue of Athena; her face, the tips of her hands, and her feet are of ivory, while the rest is a wooden image adorned on its surface with gold and colors.

Proper Nouns

Zeus (Ζεύς) deity
Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Eukleides (Εὐκλείδης) person
Also in: 7.4.4 7.25.9
Athenian (Ἀθηναῖος) person
Aigeira (Αἴγειρα) place Q18363976
Euboea (Εὔβοια) place Q173096
Pentelicon (Πεντελησίος) place Q1125206
Hestiaia (Ἑστιαία) place Q107586662
Hyperesia (Ὑπερησία) place Q3563508
Also in: 7.26.2
Oreos (Ὠρεός) place Q107586662
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