Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.46.5

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Passage 8.46.5: An ivory object crafted by Endoios.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

τοῦτο μὲν δὴ ἐνταῦθα ἀνάκειται ἐλέφαντος διὰ παντὸς πεποιημένον, τέχνη δὲ Ἐνδοίου · τοῦ δὲ ὑὸς τῶν ὀδόντων κατεᾶχθαι μὲν τὸν ἕτερόν φασιν οἱ ἐπὶ τοῖς θαύμασιν, ὁ δʼ ἔτι ἐξ αὐτῶν λειπόμενος ἀνέκειτο ἐν βασιλέως κήποις ἐν ἱερῷ Διονύσου, τὴν περίμετρον τοῦ μήκους παρεχόμενος ἐς ἥμισυ μάλιστα ὀργυιᾶς.

English Translation

This object here is set up entirely fashioned of ivory, the workmanship being by Endoios. Of the boar’s tusks, those responsible for the religious treasures say that one has been broken off, while the remaining one was deposited in the gardens of the king, in the sanctuary of Dionysos; it measures approximately half a fathom in circumference along its length.

Proper Nouns

Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
king (βασιλεύς) person
Endoios (Ἐνδόιος) person
Also in: 7.5.9
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