Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.38.10

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Passage 9.38.10: Chersias' verses; Orchomenians preserve his epigram on Hesiod's tomb.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

τοῦδε τοῦ Χερσίου τῶν ἐπῶν οὐδεμία ἦν ἔτι κατʼ ἐμὲ μνήμη, ἀλλὰ καὶ τάδε ἐπηγάγετο ὁ Κάλλιππος ἐς τὸν αὐτὸν λόγον τὸν ἔχοντα ἐς Ὀρχομενίους· τούτου δὲ τοῦ Χερσίου καὶ ἐπίγραμμα οἱ Ὀρχομένιοι τὸ ἐπὶ τῷ Ἡσιόδου τάφῳ μνημονεύουσιν.

English Translation

In my time no memory remained of these verses of Chersias, but Callippus added also the following lines within the same work concerning the Orchomenians. Moreover, the Orchomenians preserve an epigram by this same Chersias upon the tomb of Hesiod.

Proper Nouns

Callippos (Κάλλιππος) person
Chersios (Χέρσιος) person
Hesiod (Ἡσίοδος) person
Orchomenians (Ὀρχομένιοι) person
Orchomenians (Ὀρχομενιοί) person
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