Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.39.14

← 9.39.13 9.40.1 →

Passage 9.39.14: The oracle of Trophonius and visitors' votive tablets.

Greek Text

γράφω δὲ οὐκ ἀκοὴν ἀλλὰ ἑτέρους τε ἰδὼν καὶ αὐτὸς τῷ Τροφωνίῳ χρησάμενος. τοὺς δὲ ἐς τοῦ Τροφωνίου κατελθόντας, ἀνάγκη σφᾶς, ὁπόσα ἤκουσεν ἕκαστος ἢ εἶδεν, ἀναθεῖναι γεγραμμένα ἐν πίνακι. λείπεται δʼ ἔτι καὶ τοῦ Ἀριστομένους ἐνταῦθα ἡ ἀσπίς· τὰ δὲ ἐς αὐτὴν ὁποῖα ἐγένετο, ἐδήλωσα ἐν τοῖς προτέροις τοῦ λόγου.

English Translation

I do not write from hearsay, but as one who has seen others and has himself consulted Trophonius. Those who descend to Trophonius are obliged to dedicate on a tablet all that each has heard or seen. Here still remains also the shield of Aristomenes; what happened concerning it, I have already made clear earlier in my account.

Proper Nouns

Trophonius (Τροφώνιος) deity
Aristomenes (Ἀριστομένης) person Q1258025
← 9.39.13 9.40.1 →