Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.5.9

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Passage 7.5.9: Temple of Athena Polias at Erythrae with a seated wooden statue by Endoeus

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἔστι δὲ ἐν Ἐρυθραῖς καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς Πολιάδος ναὸς καὶ ἄγαλμα ξύλου μεγέθει μέγα καθήμενόν τε ἐπὶ θρόνου καὶ ἠλακάτην ἐν ἑκατέρᾳ τῶν χειρῶν ἔχει καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς πόλον· τοῦτο Ἐνδοίου τέχνην καὶ ἄλλοις ἐτεκμαιρόμεθα εἶναι καὶ ἐς τὴν ἐργασίαν ὁρῶντες ἔνδον τοῦ ἀγάλματος καὶ οὐχ ἥκιστα ἐπὶ ταῖς Χάρισί τε καὶ Ὥραις, αἳ πρὶν ἐσελθεῖν ἑστήκασιν ἐν ὑπαίθρῳ λίθου λευκοῦ. ἐποιήθη δὲ καὶ κατʼ ἐμὲ Σμυρναίοις ἱερὸν Ἀσκληπιοῦ μεταξὺ Κορυφῆς τε ὄρους καὶ θαλάσσης ἀμιγοῦς ὕδατι ἀλλοίῳ.

English Translation

In Erythrae there is also a temple of Athena Polias and a large wooden statue seated upon a throne. In each hand she holds a distaff, and upon her head is a polos. We inferred this to be a work of Endoeus, partly from seeing his artistic techniques present elsewhere, but especially from the manner of workmanship observed within the statue, and from the Graces and the Hours standing in the open air, sculpted from white marble, before one enters the temple. In my time, also, a temple of Asclepius was built by the Smyrnaeans, located between the peak of the mountain and the sea, on a site free of other water.

Proper Nouns

Charites (Χάριτες) deity
Athena Polias (Ἀθηνᾶ Πολιάς) deity
Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός) deity
Horae (Ὥραι) deity
Also in: 2.17.4 5.17.1
Smyrnaeans (Σμυρναῖοι) person
Endoios (Ἐνδόιος) person
Also in: 8.46.5
Koryphe (the mountain) (Κορυφή) place Q25123137
Erythrai (Ἐρυθραί) place Q2714769 Pleiades
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