Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.37.4

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Passage 8.37.4: Damophon's sculptures of Demeter, Despoina, and Artemis.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Δαμοφῶντος δὲ καὶ ταῦτα ἔργα. ἡ μὲν οὖν Δημήτηρ δᾷδα ἐν δεξιᾷ φέρει, τὴν δὲ ἑτέραν χεῖρα ἐπιβέβληκεν ἐπὶ τὴν Δέσποιναν· ἡ δὲ Δέσποινα σκῆπτρόν τε καὶ τὴν καλουμένην κίστην ἐπὶ τοῖς γόνασιν ἔχει, τῆς δὲ ἔχεται τῇ δεξιᾷ τῆς κίστης. τοῦ θρόνου δὲ ἑκατέρωθεν Ἄρτεμις μὲν παρὰ τὴν Δήμητρα ἕστηκεν ἀμπεχομένη δέρμα ἐλάφου καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων φαρέτραν ἔχουσα, ἐν δὲ ταῖς χερσὶ τῇ μὲν λαμπάδα ἔχει, τῇ δὲ δράκοντας δύο. παρὰ δὲ τὴν Ἄρτεμιν κατάκειται κύων, οἷαι θηρεύειν εἰσὶν ἐπιτήδειοι.

English Translation

These are also works by Damophon. Demeter carries a torch in her right hand, while she has placed her other hand upon Despoina. Despoina herself holds a scepter and what is called the kiste upon her knees, and with her right hand she grasps the kiste. On each side of the throne stands a figure: Artemis beside Demeter, clad in a deer-skin, a quiver upon her shoulders, holding a torch in one hand and two serpents in the other. Beside Artemis reclines a hound, of the kind suitable for hunting.

Proper Nouns

Despoina (Δέσποινα) deity
Demeter (Δημήτηρ) deity
Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) deity
Damophon (Δαμοφῶν) person Q1158742
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