Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.12.6

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Passage 9.12.6: Statues of a Theban composer and Epaminondas at Chalcis.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

λέγεται δὲ ὡς καὶ τοῦ προσώπου τῷ σχήματι καὶ τῇ τοῦ παντὸς κινήσει σώματος περισσῶς δή τι ἔτερπε τὰ θέατρα· καί οἱ καὶ ᾆσμα πεποιημένον ἐστὶ ἐς προσόδιον ἐς Δῆλον τοῖς ἐπʼ Εὐρίπῳ Χαλκιδεῦσι. τοῦτόν τε οὖν ἐνταῦθα οἱ Θηβαῖοι καὶ Ἐπαμινώνδαν τὸν Πολύμνιδος ἀνέθεσαν.

English Translation

It is said that by the expression of his face and the entire movement of his body he especially delighted the audience in the theater. Moreover, he composed a processional-song for the Chalcidians who dwell by the Euripus, to be sung at their procession to Delos. Here indeed the Thebans dedicated statues both of him and of Epaminondas, the son of Polymnis.

Proper Nouns

Polymnis (Πολύμνις) person
Also in: 8.52.4
Epaminondas (Ἐπαμινώνδας) person
Delos (Δῆλος) place Q173148
Euripus (Εὔριπος) place Q1137741
Thebes (Θῆβαι) place Q11225429
Chalcis (Χαλκίς) place Q21235810
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