Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.48.1

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Passage 8.48.1: The temple of Aphrodite "in the Brick" at the marketplace

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τῆς ἀγορᾶς δὲ μάλιστα ἐοικυίας πλίνθῳ κατὰ τὸ σχῆμα, Ἀφροδίτης ἐστὶν ἐν αὐτῇ ναὸς καλούμενος ἐν πλινθίῳ καὶ ἄγαλμα λίθου. στήλαις δὲ ἐπειργασμένοι τῇ μὲν Ἀντιφάνης ἐστὶ καὶ Κρῖσος καὶ Τυρωνίδας τε καὶ Πυρρίας, οἳ νόμους Τεγεάταις θέμενοι τιμὰς καὶ ἐς τόδε παρʼ αὐτῶν ἔχουσιν· ἐπὶ δὲ τῇ ἑτέρᾳ στήλῃ πεποιημένος ἐστὶν Ἰάσιος ἵππου τε ἐχόμενος καὶ κλάδον ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ φέρων φοίνικος· νικῆσαι δὲ ἵππῳ φασὶν ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ τὸν Ἰάσιον, ὅτε Ἡρακλῆς ἔθετο ὁ Θηβαῖος τὰ Ὀλύμπια.

English Translation

In the marketplace, which most resembles a brick in shape, there is a temple of Aphrodite called "in the Brick," and within it a stone image. On carved reliefs, one represents Antiphanes, Crisus, Tyronidas, and Pyrrhias, who, having established laws for the Tegeans, are even now honored by them. On another stele is carved Iasius, holding a horse and carrying in his right hand a palm branch; they say that Iasius won a victory in the horse race at Olympia during the festival which Heracles the Theban founded.

Proper Nouns

Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Theban (Θηβαῖος) other
Tegeatae (Τεγεάται) other
Also in: 8.44.8
Olympic Games (Ὀλύμπια) other
Crisus (Κρῖσος) person
Also in: 2.29.4
Pyrrhias (Πυρρίας) person
Also in: 10.9.10
Tyronidas (Τυρωνίδας) person
Antiphanes (Ἀντιφάνης) person
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person
Iasios (Ἰάσιος) person
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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