Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.40.3

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Passage 9.40.3: Daedalus' statues and wooden images across Greece

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Δαιδάλου δὲ τῶν ἔργων δύο μὲν ταῦτά ἐστιν ἐν Βοιωτοῖς, Ἡρακλῆς τε ἐν Θήβαις καὶ παρὰ Λεβαδεῦσιν ὁ Τροφώνιος, τοσαῦτα δὲ ἕτερα ξόανα ἐν Κρήτῃ, Βριτόμαρτις ἐν Ὀλοῦντι καὶ Ἀθηνᾶ παρὰ Κνωσσίοις· παρὰ τούτοις δὲ καὶ ὁ τῆς Ἀριάδνης χορός, οὗ καὶ Ὅμηρος ἐν Ἰλιάδι μνήμην ἐποιήσατο, ἐπειργασμένος ἐστὶν ἐπὶ λευκοῦ λίθου. καὶ Δηλίοις Ἀφροδίτης ἐστὶν οὐ μέγα ξόανον, λελυμασμένον τὴν δεξιὰν χεῖρα ὑπὸ τοῦ χρόνου· κάτεισι δὲ ἀντὶ ποδῶν ἐς τετράγωνον σχῆμα.

English Translation

Of the works of Daedalus, two are in the territory of the Boeotians: a Heracles at Thebes, and a Trophonius by the Lebadeans. Several other wooden images are found in Crete—a Britomartis at Olous, and an Athena among the Cnossians. Besides these, there is also the chorus of Ariadne, which Homer mentions in the Iliad, carved upon white stone. At Delos, too, there is a small wooden image of Aphrodite, whose right hand has been damaged by time; instead of feet, the lower part descends into a square base.

Proper Nouns

Britomartis (Βριτόμαρτις) deity
Trophonios (Τροφώνιος) deity
Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ) deity
Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) deity
Iliad (Ἰλιάς) other
Daedalus (Δαίδαλος) person Q3712559
Ariadne (Ἀριάδνη) person
Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) person
Homer (Ὅμηρος) person
Boeotia (Βοιωτία) place Q187570
Delos (Δῆλος) place Q173148
Thebes (Θῆβαι) place Q11225429
Knossos (Κνωσός) place Q173527 Pleiades
Crete (Κρήτη) place Q34374 Pleiades
Lebadeia (Λεβάδεια) place Q11931280
Olus (Ὄλους) place Q2215268
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