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- Pausanias. Pausaniae Graeciae descriptio, Volumes 1-3. Spiro, Friedrich, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1903.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-28
Pausanias describes the treasuries at Olympia belonging to the Epidamnians, Sybarites, Cyrenaeans, Selinuntians, Metapontines, Megarians, and Geloans, detailing their dedications, the identities of their artists, and historical context.
ὁ δὲ τρίτος τῶν θησαυρῶν καὶ ὁ τέταρτος1 ἀνάθημά ἐστιν Ἐπιδαμνίων ἔχει μὲν πόλον ἀνεχόμενον ὑπὸ Ἄτλαντος, ἔχει δὲ Ἡρακλέα καὶ δένδρον τὸ παρὰ Ἑσπερίσι, τὴν μηλέαν, καὶ περιειλιγμένον τῇ μηλέᾳ τὸν δράκοντα, κέδρου μὲν καὶ ταῦτα, Θεοκλέους δὲ ἔργα τοῦ Ἡγύλου· ποιῆσαι δὲ αὐτὸν ὁμοῦ τῷ παιδί φησι τὰ ἐπὶ τοῦ πόλου γράμματα.2 αἱ δὲ Ἑσπερίδες —μετεκινήθησαν γὰρ ὑπὸ Ἠλείων—αὗται μὲν ἔτι καὶ ἐς ἐμὲ ἦσαν ἐν τῷ Ἡραίῳ· τὸν δὲ θησαυρὸν τοῖς Ἐπιδαμνίοις Πύρρος καὶ οἱ παῖδες Λακράτης τε καὶ Ἕρμων ἐποίησαν.
The third of the treasuries and the fourth are the dedication of the Epidamnians; it contains a sphere supported by Atlas, and contains Heracles, and the tree by the Hesperides, the apple-tree, and the dragon coiled around the apple-tree. These too are of cedar wood, and are the works of Theocles, the son of Hegylus; the letters upon the sphere say that he made it together with his son. As for the Hesperides—for they were moved by the Eleans—these indeed were still in my time in the Heraeum; but the treasury was built for the Epidamnians by Pyrrhus and his sons Lacrates and Hermon.
ᾠκοδόμησαν δὲ καὶ Συβαρῖται θησαυρὸν ἐχόμενον τοῦ Βυζαντίων· ὁπόσοι δὲ περὶ Ἰταλίας καὶ πόλεων ἐπολυπραγμόνησαν τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ, Λουπίας φασὶ κειμένην Βρεντεσίου τε μεταξὺ καὶ Ὑδροῦντος μεταβεβληκέναι τὸ ὄνομα, Σύβαριν οὖσαν τὸ ἀρχαῖον· ὁ δὲ ὅρμος ταῖς ναυσὶ χειροποίητος καὶ Ἀδριανοῦ βασιλέως ἐστὶν ἔργον.
The Sybarites also built a treasury adjoining that of the Byzantines. Those who have been inquisitive about Italy and the cities in it say that Lupiae, situated between Brentesium and Hydrus, has changed its name, having been Sybaris in ancient times; and its harbor for ships is artificial and is the work of the Emperor Hadrian.
πρὸς δὲ τῷ Συβαριτῶν Λιβύων ἐστὶ τῶν ἐν Κυρήνῃ θησαυρός· κεῖνται δὲ βασιλεῖς ἐν αὐτῷ Ῥωμαίων. Σικελιώτας δὲ Σελινουντίους ἀνέστησαν μὲν Καρχηδόνιοι πολέμῳ· πρὶν δὲ ἢ τὴν συμφορὰν γενέσθαι σφίσι, θησαυρὸν τῷ ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ Διὶ ἐποίησαν. Διόνυσος δέ ἐστιν ἐνταῦθα πρόσωπον καὶ ἄκρους πόδας καὶ τὰς χεῖρας ἐλέφαντος εἰργασμένος.
Next to that of the Sybarites is the treasury of the Libyans in Cyrene; and in it are placed statues of Roman emperors. As for the Selinuntians in Sicily, the Carthaginians removed them by war; but before the disaster befell them, they built a treasury for Zeus in Olympia. There is there a Dionysus with its face, feet, and hands fashioned of ivory.
ἐν δὲ τῷ Μεταποντίνων θησαυρῷ—προσεχὴς γὰρ τῷ Σελινουντίων ἐστὶν οὗτος—ἐν τούτῳ πεποιημένος ἐστὶν Ἐνδυμίων· πλὴν δὲ ἐσθῆτός ἐστι τὰ λοιπὰ καὶ τῷ Ἐνδυμίωνι ἐλέφαντος. Μεταποντίνους δὲ ἥτις μὲν ἐπέλαβεν ἀπολέσθαι πρόφασις,3 οὐκ οἶδα· ἐπʼ ἐμοῦ δὲ ὅτι μὴ θέατρον καὶ περίβολοι τείχους ἄλλο ἐλείπετο οὐδὲν Μεταποντίου.
— And in the treasury of the Metapontines—for this is adjacent to that of the Selinuntians—in this is fashioned an Endymion; except for the drapery, the rest of the Endymion is also of ivory. What cause overtook the Metapontines to destroy them, I do not know; but in my time nothing else of Metapontum was left except the theater and the circuit of the wall.
Μεγαρεῖς δὲ οἱ πρὸς τῇ Ἀττικῇ θησαυρόν τε ᾠκοδομήσαντο καὶ ἀναθήματα ἀνέθεσαν ἐς τὸν θησαυρὸν κέδρου ζῴδια χρυσῷ διηνθισμένα, τὴν πρὸς Ἀχελῷον Ἡρακλέους μάχην· Ζεὺς δὲ ἐνταῦθα καὶ ἡ Δηιάνειρα καὶ Ἀχελῷος καὶ Ἡρακλῆς ἐστιν, Ἄρης τε τῷ Ἀχελῴῳ βοηθῶν. εἱστήκει δὲ καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς ἄγαλμα ἅτε οὖσα τῷ Ἡρακλεῖ σύμμαχος· αὕτη παρὰ τὰς Ἑσπερίδας ἀνάκειται νῦν τὰς ἐν τῷ Ἡραίῳ.
The Megarians who border on Attica built a treasury and dedicated in the treasury cedar figures adorned with gold, representing the battle of Heracles against Achelous; here are Zeus, Deianeira, Achelous, and Heracles, and Ares helping Achelous. There also stood a statue of Athena, since she was an ally to Heracles; this now stands dedicated near the Hesperides in the Heraeum.
τοῦ θησαυροῦ δὲ ἐπείργασται τῷ ἀετῷ ὁ γιγάντων καὶ θεῶν πόλεμος· ἀνάκειται δὲ καὶ ἀσπὶς ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἀετοῦ, τοὺς Μεγαρέας ἀπὸ Κορινθίων ἀναθεῖναι τὸν θησαυρὸν λέγουσα. ταύτην Μεγαρεῦσιν ἡγοῦμαι τὴν νίκην Ἀθήνῃσιν ἄρχοντος γενέσθαι Φόρβαντος, ἄρχοντος δὲ διὰ τοῦ αὑτοῦ βίου παντός· ἐνιαύσιαι γὰρ οὐκ ἦσάν πω τότε Ἀθηναίοις αἱ ἀρχαί, οὐ μὴν οὐδὲ ὑπὸ Ἠλείων ἀνεγράφοντό πω τηνικαῦτα αἱ Ὀλυμπιάδες.
On the pediment of the treasury is carved the war of the giants and the gods; and a shield is also dedicated above the pediment, stating that the Megarians dedicated the treasury from the spoils of the Corinthians. I believe this victory for the Megarians occurred when Phorbas was archon at Athens, and archon through his entire life; for the offices were not yet annual for the Athenians then, nor indeed were the Olympiads yet recorded by the Eleans at that time.
λέγονται δὲ καὶ Ἀργεῖοι μετασχεῖν πρὸς τοὺς Κορινθίους Μεγαρεῦσι τοῦ ἔργου. τὸν δὲ ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ θησαυρὸν ἔτεσιν ὕστερον τῆς μάχης ἐποίησαν οἱ Μεγαρεῖς· τὰ δὲ ἀναθήματα ἐκ παλαιοῦ σφᾶς ἔχειν εἰκός, ἅ γε ὁ Λακεδαιμόνιος †Δόντας Διποίνου καὶ Σκύλλιδος μαθητὴς ἐποίησε.
The Argives also are said to have shared with the Megarians in this action against the Corinthians. The Megarians built the treasury at Olympia some years after the battle; but it is likely they had the offerings from of old, since they were made by the Lacedaemonian Dontas, the pupil of Dipoenus and Scyllis.
τελευταῖος δὲ τῶν θησαυρῶν πρὸς αὐτῷ μέν ἐστιν ἤδη τῷ σταδίῳ, Γελῴων δὲ ἀνάθημα τόν τε θησαυρὸν καὶ τὰ ἀγάλματα εἶναι τὰ ἐν αὐτῷ λέγει τὸ ἐπίγραμμα· οὐ μέντοι ἀνακείμενά γε ἔτι ἀγάλματά ἐστιν.
The last of the treasuries is already close to the stadium itself, and the inscription says that both the treasury and the statues in it are a dedication of the Geloans; however, there are no longer any statues remaining dedicated there.
- 6.19.8ὁ δὲ τρίτος τῶν θησαυρῶν καὶ ὁ τέταρτος
The text states 'the third and fourth treasuries are the dedication of the Epidamnians,' but since the treasury of the Byzantines is mentioned immediately after in 6.19.9, the fourth was likely originally that of the Byzantines, suggesting a corruption in the manuscript tradition.
- 6.19.8ποιῆσαι δὲ αὐτὸν ὁμοῦ τῷ παιδί φησι τὰ ἐπὶ τοῦ πόλου γράμματα
The subject is the neuter plural noun τὰ γράμματα (the letters/inscription), and the verb φησί is singular, which is the standard construction for a neuter plural subject. The accusative αὐτόν (referring to Theocles) functions as the subject of the infinitive ποιῆσαι.
- 6.19.11Μεταποντίνους δὲ ἥτις μὲν ἐπέλαβεν ἀπολέσθαι πρόφασις
The antecedent πρόφασις (cause/pretext) is incorporated into the relative clause ἥτις ... ἐπέλαβεν. The verb ἐπέλαβεν (from ἐπιλαμβάνω, 'to overtake/seize') takes the accusative Μεταποντίνους as its object, and the infinitive ἀπολέσθαι expresses the result ('a cause that overtook them so as to destroy them').
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-05-25) · Revision history (1, latest 2026-09-21)
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