Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.9.3

← 8.9.2 8.9.4 →

Passage 8.9.3: Statues by Praxiteles of Hera, Athena, and Hebe.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Πραξιτέλης δὲ τὰ ἀγάλματα αὐτήν τε καθημένην ἐν θρόνῳ καὶ παρεστώσας ἐποίησεν Ἀθηνᾶν καὶ Ἥβην παῖδα Ἥρας. πρὸς δὲ τῆς Ἥρας τῷ βωμῷ καὶ Ἀρκάδος τάφος τοῦ Καλλιστοῦς ἐστι· τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ τοῦ Ἀρκάδος ἐπηγάγοντο ἐκ Μαινάλου, χρησμοῦ σφισιν ἐλθόντος ἐκ Δελφῶν·

English Translation

Praxiteles fashioned the statues—Hera herself seated on a throne and standing beside her Athena and Hebe, daughter of Hera. Near the altar of Hera is also the tomb of Arcas, son of Callisto. The bones of Arcas were brought there from Mount Maenalus, in accordance with an oracle delivered to them from Delphi.

Proper Nouns

Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Hebe (Ἥβη) deity
Hera (Ἥρα) deity
Callisto (Καλλιστώ) person
Praxiteles (Πραξιτέλης) person
Arcadian (Ἀρκάς) person
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
Mainalos (Μαίνᾱλον) place Q2703145
← 8.9.2 8.9.4 →