Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.14.8

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Passage 8.14.8: Samians Rhoecus and Theodorus, pioneers of bronze casting and statue pouring.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

διέχεαν δὲ χαλκὸν πρῶτοι καὶ ἀγάλματα ἐχωνεύσαντο Ῥοῖκός τε Φιλαίου καὶ Θεόδωρος Τηλεκλέους Σάμιοι. Θεοδώρου δὲ ἔργον ἦν καὶ ἡ ἐπὶ τοῦ λίθου τῆς σμαράγδου σφραγίς, ἣν Πολυκράτης ὁ Σάμου τυραννήσας ἐφόρει τε τὰ μάλιστα καὶ ἐπʼ αὐτῇ περισσῶς δή τι ἠγάλλετο.

English Translation

The Samians Rhoecus, son of Philaeus, and Theodorus, son of Telecles, were the first to cast bronze and to pour statues. The work of Theodorus also was the engraved emerald seal set in gold which Polycrates, who ruled as tyrant of Samos, customarily wore and upon which he took particularly great pride.

Proper Nouns

Theodoros (Θεόδωρος) person
Polykrates (Πολυκράτης) person
Also in: 1.2.3 6.17.9
Teleklees (Τηλεκλέης) person
Philaios (Φιλαῖος) person
Rhoikos (Ῥοῖκός) person
Samos (Σάμος) place Q13580795
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