Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.30.10

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Passage 8.30.10: Temple of Zeus Soter with Pentelic marble statues by Cephisodotus and Xenophon.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τοῦτο μὲν δή ἐστιν ἐνταῦθα, στοὰν δὲ τῆς ἀγορᾶς Ἀριστάνδρειον ἐπίκλησιν ἄνδρα τῶν ἀστῶν Ἀρίστανδρον οἰκοδομῆσαι λέγουσι. ταύτης τῆς στοᾶς ἐστιν ἐγγυτάτω ὡς πρὸς ἥλιον ἀνίσχοντα ἱερὸν Σωτῆρος ἐπίκλησιν Διός· κεκόσμηται δὲ πέριξ κίοσι. καθεζομένῳ δὲ τῷ Διὶ ἐν θρόνῳ παρεστήκασι τῇ μὲν ἡ Μεγάλη πόλις, ἐν ἀριστερᾷ δὲ Ἀρτέμιδος Σωτείρας ἄγαλμα. ταῦτα μὲν λίθου τοῦ Πεντελησίου Ἀθηναῖοι Κηφισόδοτος καὶ Ξενοφῶν εἰργάσαντο·

English Translation

This place, then, is situated here. They say that a citizen named Aristandros built the portico in the marketplace, which is called Aristandreion after him. Nearest to this portico, toward the rising sun, is a temple of Zeus surnamed Soter ("Savior"), adorned with columns around it. The statue of Zeus is seated upon a throne. Standing beside him are personifications—on one side, the goddess Megale Polis ("Great City"), and on his left a statue of Artemis Soteira ("Savior"). These figures, made from Pentelic marble, are the work of the Athenians Cephisodotus and Xenophon.

Proper Nouns

Artemis Soteira (Ἄρτεμις Σώτειρα) deity
Zeus (Ζεύς) deity Q34201
Soter (Σωτήρ) deity Q797063
Also in: 4.31.6 8.31.7
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) other Q120096553
Great City (Μεγάλη πόλις) other Q36024972
Aristandros (Ἀρίστανδρος) person Q15619665
Also in: 3.18.8
Cephisodotus (Κηφισόδοτος) person Q91121919
Xenophon (Ξενοφῶν) person Q129772
Aristandreion (Ἀριστάνδρειον) place
Pentelicon (Πεντελησίος) place Q1125206
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