Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.30.6

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Passage 8.30.6: The Philippeion portico and adjacent Megalopolitan archives with statues.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

στοὰν δὲ τῆς ἀγορᾶς ὀνομαζομένην Φιλίππειον οὐ Φίλιππος ἐποίησεν ὁ Ἀμύντου, χαριζόμενοι δέ οἱ Μεγαλοπολῖται τὴν ἐπωνυμίαν διδόασιν αὐτῷ τοῦ οἰκοδομήματος. Ἑρμοῦ δὲ Ἀκακησίου πρὸς αὐτῇ ναὸς κατεβέβλητο, καὶ οὐδὲν ἐλείπετο ὅτι μὴ χελώνη λίθου. ταύτης δὲ ἔχεται τῆς Φιλιππείου μέγεθος ἀποδέουσα ἑτέρα στοά, Μεγαλοπολίταις δὲ αὐτόθι ᾠκοδομημένα ἐστὶ τὰ ἀρχεῖα, ἀριθμὸν οἰκήματα ἕξ· ἐν ἑνὶ δέ ἐστιν αὐτῶν Ἐφεσίας ἄγαλμα Ἀρτέμιδος καὶ ἐν ἑτέρῳ χαλκοῦς Πὰν πηχυαῖος ἐπίκλησιν Σκολείτας.

English Translation

The portico in the marketplace called the Philippeion was not built by Philip, son of Amyntas, but the Megalopolitans, wishing to honor him, gave the structure his name. Near it had once been a temple of Hermes Acacesius, which had fallen into complete ruin so that nothing remained except the stone foundation. Next to this Philippeion stands another portico, smaller in size: here the archives of the Megalopolitans were built, consisting of six separate chambers. In one of these chambers is a statue of Ephesian Artemis, and in another a bronze statue of Pan about a cubit tall, known by the surname Scoleitas.

Proper Nouns

Pan (Πάν) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Hermes (Ἑρμῆς) deity
Skoleitas (Σκολεῖτας) other
Akakesios (Ἀκακήσιος) other
Also in: 8.36.10
Ephesian (Ἐφεσία) other
Megalopolitan (Μεγαλοπολίτης) person
Philip (Φίλιππος) person
Amyntas (Ἀμύντας) person
Philippeion (Φιλίππειον) place Q3396766
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