Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.3.1

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Passage 9.3.1: Zeus's ruse to placate Hera using Plataea's wooden statue.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἥραν ἐφʼ ὅτῳ δὴ πρὸς τὸν Δία ὠργισμένην ἐς Εὔβοιάν φασιν ἀναχωρῆσαι, Δία δέ, ὡς οὐκ ἔπειθεν αὐτήν, παρὰ Κιθαιρῶνα λέγουσιν ἐλθεῖν δυναστεύοντα ἐν Πλαταιαῖς τότε· εἶναι γὰρ τὸν Κιθαιρῶνα οὐδενὸς σοφίαν ὕστερον. οὗτος οὖν κελεύει τὸν Δία ἄγαλμα ξύλου ποιησάμενον ἄγειν ἐπὶ βοῶν ζεύγους ἐγκεκαλυμμένον, λέγειν δὲ ὡς ἄγοιτο γυναῖκα Πλάταιαν τὴν Ἀσωποῦ.

English Translation

They relate that Hera, having become angry at Zeus for some reason, withdrew to Euboea; and Zeus, as he could not reconcile her, is said to have come to Cithaeron, who at that time was ruling in Plataea—for Cithaeron was inferior to no one in wisdom. Cithaeron advised Zeus to fashion a wooden statue and, placing it covered upon a wagon drawn by oxen, to proclaim that he was taking home as a wife Plataea, the daughter of Asopus.

Proper Nouns

Zeus (Ζεύς) deity
Hera (Ἥρα) deity
Plataia (Plataea) (Πλάταια) person
Also in: 9.1.2
Asopos (Ἀσωπός) person
Euboea (Εὔβοια) place Q173096
Cithaeron (Κιθαιρών) place Q1147780
Plataea (Πλαταιαί) place Q742538
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