Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.35.6

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Passage 9.35.6: Depictions of the Graces by Boupalos and Apelles at Smyrna and Pergamon

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

ὅστις δὲ ἦν ἀνθρώπων ὁ γυμνὰς πρῶτος Χάριτας ἤτοι πλάσας ἢ γραφῇ μιμησάμενος, οὐχ οἷόν τε ἐγένετο πυθέσθαι με, ἐπεὶ τά γε ἀρχαιότερα ἐχούσας ἐσθῆτα οἵ τε πλάσται καὶ κατὰ ταὐτὰ ἐποίουν οἱ ζωγράφοι· καὶ Σμυρναίοις τοῦτο μὲν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τῶν Νεμέσεων ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀγαλμάτων χρυσοῦ Χάριτες ἀνάκεινται, τέχνη Βουπάλου , τοῦτο δέ σφισιν ἐν τῷ Ὠιδείῳ Χάριτός ἐστιν εἰκών, Ἀπελλοῦ γραφή, Περγαμηνοῖς δὲ ὡσαύτως ἐν τῷ Ἀττάλου θαλάμῳ, Βουπάλου καὶ αὗται·

English Translation

But as for determining who among men first depicted the Graces naked, either sculpting them or representing them in painting, I have been unable to discover. In earlier works both sculptors and painters portrayed them clothed. At Smyrna there stand golden Graces, dedicated in the sanctuary of the Nemeses, placed above the statues, the work of Boupalos; and also at Smyrna in the Odeion there is a painting of the Graces by Apelles. Likewise, the Pergamenes have in the chamber of Attalos figures of the Graces, these also by Boupalos.

Proper Nouns

Nemesis (Νέμεσις) deity
Charis (Χάρις) deity
Also in: 5.11.8 9.35.4
Charites (Χάριτες) deity
Boupalos (Βούπαλος) person Q852011
Also in: 4.30.6
Apelles (Ἀπελλῆς) person
Also in: 6.1.6
Attalus (Ἄτταλος) person
Pergamenians (Περγαμηνοί) place
Smyrnaeans (Σμυρναῖοι) place
Also in: 4.21.5 4.30.6
Odeion (Ὠιδεῖον) place Q745797
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