Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.27.5

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Passage 9.27.5: Statue of Aphrodite by Praxiteles and a stone image of Phryne.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐνταῦθα καὶ αὐτοῦ Πραξιτέλους Ἀφροδίτη καὶ Φρύνης ἐστὶν εἰκών, λίθου καὶ ἡ Φρύνη καὶ ἡ θεός. ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἑτέρωθι Ἀφροδίτης Μελαινίδος ἱερὸν καὶ θέατρόν τε καὶ ἀγορὰ θέας ἄξια· ἐνταῦθα Ἡσίοδος ἀνάκειται χαλκοῦς. τῆς ἀγορᾶς τε οὐ πόρρω Νίκη τε χαλκοῦ καὶ ναὸς Μουσῶν ἐστιν οὐ μέγας· ἀγάλματα δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ μικρὰ λίθου πεποιημένα.

English Translation

Here also is a statue of Aphrodite by Praxiteles himself and an image of Phryne, both figures carved from stone, the goddess as well as Phryne. Elsewhere too there is a sanctuary of Aphrodite Melainis, as well as a theater and marketplace worth seeing; here stands a bronze statue of Hesiod. Not far from the market is a bronze figure of Nike and a temple of the Muses that is not large; within it stand small stone images.

Proper Nouns

Muses (Μοῦσαι) deity
Nike (Νίκη) deity
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Aphrodite Melainis (Ἀφροδίτη Μελαινίς) deity
Praxiteles (Πραξιτέλης) person
Phryne (Φρύνη) person
Hesiod (Ἡσίοδος) person
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