Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.30.1

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Passage 9.30.1: Statues and dedications on Mount Helicon

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ταῖς Μούσαις δὲ ἀγάλματα τὰ μὲν πρῶτά ἐστι Κηφισοδότου τέχνη πάσαις, προελθόντι δὲ οὐ πολὺ τρεῖς μέν εἰσιν αὖθις Κηφισοδότου, Στρογγυλίωνος δὲ ἕτερα τοσαῦτα, ἀνδρὸς βοῦς καὶ ἵππους ἄριστα εἰργασμένου· τὰς δὲ ὑπολοίπους τρεῖς ἐποίησεν Ὀλυμπιοσθένης . καὶ Ἀπόλλων χαλκοῦς ἐστιν ἐν Ἑλικῶνι καὶ Ἑρμῆς μαχόμενοι περὶ τῆς λύρας, καὶ Διόνυσος ὁ μὲν Λυσίππου , τὸ δὲ ἄγαλμα ἀνέθηκε Σύλλας τοῦ Διονύσου τὸ ὀρθόν, ἔργον τῶν Μύρωνος θέας μάλιστα ἄξιον μετά γε τὸν Ἀθήνῃσιν Ἐρεχθέα· ἀνέθηκε δὲ οὐκ οἴκοθεν, Ὀρχομενίους δὲ ἀφελόμενος τοὺς Μινύας. τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ ὑπὸ Ἑλλήνων λεγόμενον θυμιάμασιν ἀλλοτρίοις τὸ θεῖον σέβεσθαι.

English Translation

The first set of statues of the Muses are all the work of Cephisodotus. A little further on, there are three more again made by Cephisodotus, and as many others by Strongylion, a sculptor especially skilled in making statues of oxen and horses. The remaining three were crafted by Olympiosthenes. On Helicon, there is also a bronze representation of Apollo and Hermes disputing about the lyre, and a statue of Dionysus by Lysippus. Another statue of Dionysus standing upright was dedicated by Sulla. This is the work of Myron and is especially worth seeing, after the Erechtheus statue in Athens. However, Sulla did not dedicate this statue from his own possessions, but took it from the Minyae of Orchomenus. This illustrates the Greek saying of worshipping the divine with incense belonging to others.

Proper Nouns

Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity Q41680
Muses (Μοῦσαι) deity
Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity Q37340
Hermes (Ἑρμῆς) deity Q41484
Kephisodotos (Κηφισόδοτος) person Q91121919
Lysippos (Λύσιππος) person Q192222
Minyans (Μινύαι) person
Myron (Μύρων) person Q192211
Strongylion (Στρογγύλιος) person Q3976117
Also in: 1.40.3
Sulla (Σύλλας) person Q483783
Erechtheus (Ἐρεχθεύς) person Q121304453
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Olympiosthenes (Ὀλυμπιοσθένης) person Q11939329
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
Helicon (Ἑλικών) place Q215516
Orchomenus (Ὀρχομενός) place Q13574822
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