Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.28.6

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Passage 8.28.6: Wounded statue of Athena at Teuthis, thigh bound with a purple bandage.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

χρόνῳ δὲ ὕστερον ἄλλα τε ἐχρήσθη σφίσιν ἐκ Δωδώνης, ὁποῖα δρῶντες ἱλάσεσθαι τὴν θεὸν ἔμελλον, καὶ ἄγαλμα ἐποιήσαντο Ἀθηνᾶς ἔχον τραῦμα ἐπὶ τοῦ μηροῦ. τοῦτο καὶ αὐτὸς τὸ ἄγαλμα εἶδον, τελαμῶνι πορφυρῷ τὸν μηρὸν κατειλημένον. καὶ ἄλλα ἐν Τεύθιδι, Ἀφροδίτης τε ἱερὸν καὶ Ἀρτέμιδός ἐστι.

English Translation

After some time, other oracles came to them from Dodona instructing them on the rituals they must perform to appease the goddess, and accordingly they crafted a statue of Athena bearing a wound upon her thigh. This very statue I myself have seen, its thigh bound up with a purple bandage. There are other sanctuaries in Teuthis as well, one of Aphrodite and another of Artemis.

Proper Nouns

Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Dodona (Δωδώνη) place Q382317
Teuthis (Τεύθις) place Q7707085
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