Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.6.6

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Passage 7.6.6: Bronze statue of Adrastus before the sanctuary of Persian Artemis.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

οἶδα δὲ καὶ ἄνδρα αὐτὸς Λυδὸν Ἄδραστον ἰδίᾳ καὶ οὐκ ἀπὸ τοῦ κοινοῦ τοῦ Λυδῶν ἀμύναντα Ἕλλησι· τοῦ δὲ Ἀδράστου τούτου χαλκῆν εἰκόνα ἀνέθεσαν οἱ Λυδοὶ πρὸ ἱεροῦ Περσικῆς Ἀρτέμιδος, καὶ ἔγραψαν ἐπίγραμμα ὡς τελευτήσειεν ὁ Ἄδραστος ἐναντίον Λεοννάτῳ μαχόμενος ὑπὲρ Ἑλλήνων.

English Translation

I myself also know of a Lydian man, Adrastus, who aided the Greeks privately and not through any public policy by the Lydians as a people. The Lydians dedicated a bronze statue of this Adrastus in front of the sanctuary of Persian Artemis, and they wrote an inscription stating that Adrastus died fighting against Leonnatus in defense of the Greeks.

Proper Nouns

Persian Artemis (Περσικὴ Ἄρτεμις) deity
Leonnatus (Λεοννάτης) person
Lydians (Λυδοί) person
Lydus (Λυδός) person
Adrastus (Ἄδραστος) person
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Sanctuary of Persian Artemis (ἱερὸν Περσικῆς Ἀρτέμιδος) place Q134038486
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