Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.16.2

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Passage 9.16.2: Statue of Tyche holding Plutus.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

φέρει μὲν δὴ Πλοῦτον παῖδα· ὡς δὲ Θηβαῖοι λέγουσι, χεῖρας μὲν τοῦ ἀγάλματος καὶ πρόσωπον Ξενοφῶν εἰργάσατο Ἀθηναῖος, Καλλιστόνικος δὲ τὰ λοιπὰ ἐπιχώριος. σοφὸν μὲν δὴ καὶ τούτοις τὸ βούλευμα, ἐσθεῖναι Πλοῦτον ἐς τὰς χεῖρας ἅτε μητρὶ ἢ τροφῷ τῇ Τύχῃ, σοφὸν δὲ οὐχ ἧσσον τὸ Κηφισοδότου · καὶ γὰρ οὗτος τῆς Εἰρήνης τὸ ἄγαλμα Ἀθηναίοις Πλοῦτον ἔχουσαν πεποίηκεν.

English Translation

She indeed carries as child Plutus; and as the Thebans relate, the hands and face of the statue were made by the Athenian Xenophon, but the remainder by the local artist Callistonikos. Wise indeed was their conception also, in setting Plutus in the hands of Tyche as if she were his mother or nurse; no less wise was that of Cephisodotus, who similarly made for the Athenians the statue of Eirene holding Plutus.

Proper Nouns

Eirene (Εἰρήνη) deity
Also in: 1.8.2 1.18.3 6.9.3
Ploutos (Πλοῦτος) deity
Tyche (Τύχη) deity
Thebans (Θηβαῖοι) person
Kallistonikos (Καλλιστόνικος) person
Kephisodotos (Κηφισόδοτος) person
Xenophon (Ξενοφῶν) person
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Athenian (Ἀθηναῖος) person
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