Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.11.6

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Passage 9.11.6: The Eagles sanctuary at Thebes with Praxiteles' depictions of the Labors.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Θηβαίοις δὲ τὰ ἐν τοῖς ἀετοῖς Πραξιτέλης ἐποίησε τὰ πολλὰ τῶν δώδεκα καλουμένων ἄθλων· καί σφισι τὰ ἐς τὰς ὄρνιθας ἐνδεῖ τὰς ἐπὶ Στυμφάλῳ καὶ ὡς ἐκάθηρεν Ἡρακλῆς τὴν Ἠλείαν χώραν, ἀντὶ τούτων δὲ ἡ πρὸς Ἀνταῖον πάλη πεποίηται. Θρασύβουλος δὲ ὁ Λύκου καὶ Ἀθηναίων οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ τυραννίδα τὴν τῶν τριάκοντα καταλύσαντες---ὁρμηθεῖσι γάρ σφισιν ἐκ Θηβῶν ἐγένετο ἡ κάθοδος---Ἀθηνᾶν καὶ Ἡρακλέα κολοσσοὺς ἐπὶ λίθου τύπου τοῦ Πεντελῆσιν, ἔργα δὲ Ἀλκαμένους , ἀνέθηκαν ἐς τὸ Ἡρακλεῖον.

English Translation

For the Thebans, Praxiteles fashioned at the sanctuary called "The Eagles" most of the so-called twelve labors; however, the birds from Stymphalus and the manner in which Heracles purified the land of Elis are missing among these, and instead the wrestling contest with Antaeus is depicted. Thrasybulus, son of Lycus, and those Athenians with him who overthrew the tyranny of the Thirty—since their return march was embarked upon from Thebes—dedicated colossal statues of Athena and Heracles carved from Pentelic marble, works of Alcamenes, in the sanctuary of Heracles.

Proper Nouns

Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Thebans (Θηβαῖοι) person
Thrasyboulos (Θρασύβουλος) person
Lykos (Λύκος) person
Praxiteles (Πραξιτέλης) person
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Alcamenes (Ἀλκαμένεις) person
Antaeus (Ἀνταῖος) person
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person
Thebes (Θῆβαι) place Q11225429
Penteli (Πεντελη) place Q1125206
Stymphalos (Στύμφαλος) place Q2359730
Heracleion (Ἡρακλεῖον) place Q134037053
Elis (Ἤλις) place Q217667
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