Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.47.2

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Passage 8.47.2: Dedications in the temple of Athena at Tegea

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἀναθήματα δὲ ἐν τῷ ναῷ τὰ ἀξιολογώτατα, ἔστι μὲν τὸ δέρμα ὑὸς τοῦ Καλυδωνίου, διεσήπετο δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ χρόνου καὶ ἐς ἅπαν ἦν τριχῶν ἤδη ψιλόν· εἰσὶ δὲ αἱ πέδαι κρεμάμεναι, πλὴν ὅσας ἠφάνισεν αὐτῶν ἰός, ἅς γε ἔχοντες Λακεδαιμονίων οἱ αἰχμάλωτοι τὸ πεδίον Τεγεάταις ἔσκαπτον· κλίνη τε ἱερὰ τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς καὶ Αὔγης εἰκὼν γραφῇ μεμιμημένη Μαρπήσσης τε ἐπίκλησιν Χοίρας, γυναικὸς Τεγεάτιδος, ἀνάκειται τὸ ὅπλον.

English Translation

The most notable dedications in the temple are the hide of the Calydonian boar, though by this time it had decayed through age and was entirely stripped of hair; there also hang chains, except for those destroyed by rust, which the captive Spartans wore when they dug the plain for the Tegeans. There is moreover a sacred couch of Athena, a painted portrait of Auge, and a representation of Marpessa, surnamed Choira—a woman from Tegea. Her shield is also dedicated here.

Proper Nouns

Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Calydonian (Καλυδώνιος) other
Auge (Αὔγη) person Q159948
Also in: 8.48.7
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Marpessa (Μαρπήσση) person
Tegeans (Τεγεᾶται) person
Tegeatide/Tegean woman (Τεγεᾶτις) person
Choira (Χοίρα) person
Also in: 8.48.5
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