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Pausanias, Description of Greece, Phocis and Ozolian Locri, chapter 24 (search)
of Clymene, who was, they say, the mother of Homer. But the Cyprians, who also claim Homer as their own, say that Themisto, one of their native women, was the mother of Homer, and that Euclus foretold the birth of Homer in the following verses:—And then in sea-girt Cyprus there will be a mighty singer,Whom Themisto, lady fair, shall bear in the fields, A man of renown, far from rich Salamis.Leaving Cyprus, tossed and wetted by the waves,The first and only poet to sing of the woes of spacious Greece,For ever shall he be deathless and ageless.These things I have heard, and I have read the oracles, but express no private opinion about either the age or date of Homer. In the temple has been built an altar of Poseidon, because Poseidon too possessed in part the most ancient oracle. There are also images of two Fates; but in place of the third Fate there stand by their side Zeus, Guide of Fate, and Apollo, Guide of Fate. Here you may behold the hearth on which the priest of Apollo killed Neo
Pausanias, Description of Greece, Phocis and Ozolian Locri, chapter 25 (search)
Beyond the Cassotis stands a building with paintings of Polygnotus. It was dedicated by the Cnidians, and is called by the Delphians Lesche （Place of Talk, Club Room）, because here in days of old they used to meet and chat about the more serious matters and legendary history. That there used to be many such places all over Greece is shown by Homer's words in the passage where Melantho abuses Odysseus:—And you will not go to the smith's house to sleep,Nor yet to the place of talk, but you make long speeches here.Hom. Od. 18.328 Inside this building the whole of the painting on the right depicts Troy taken and the Greeks sailing away. On the ship of Menelaus they are preparing to put to sea. The ship is painted with children among the grown-up sailors; amidships is Phrontis the steersman holding two boat-hooks. HomerHom. Od. 3.278 foll. represents Nestor as speaking about Phrontis in his conversation with Telemachus, saying that he was the son of Onetor and the steersman of Menelaus, of <
Pausanias, Description of Greece, Phocis and Ozolian Locri, chapter 31 (search)
how Althaea burnt it up in a passion—this story was first made the subject of a drama by Phrynichus, the son of Polyphradmon, in his Pleuronian Women:—For chill doomHe escaped not, but a swift flame consumed him,As the brand was destroyed by his terrible mother, contriver of evil.Polyphradmon, Pleuronian Women, unknown location.However, it appears that Phrynichus did not elaborate the story as a man would his own invention, but only touched on it as one already in the mouths of everybody in Greece. In the lower part of the picture, after the Thracian Thamyris, comes Hector, who is sitting with both hands clasped about his left knee, in an attitude of deep grief. After him is Memnon, sitting on a rock, and Sarpedon next to Memnon. Sarpedon has his face buried in both hands, and one of Memnon's hands lies on Sarpedon's shoulder. All are bearded; and on the cloak of Memnon are embroidered birds. Their name is Memnonides, and the people of the Hellespont say that on stated days every year
Pausanias, Description of Greece, Phocis and Ozolian Locri, chapter 34 (search)
mised to give back to Elateia its ancient constitution, and by messengers made overtures to its citizens to secede from Macedonia. But either they or their government were stupid enough to be faithful to Philip, and the Romans reduced them by siege. Later on the Elateans held out when besieged by the barbarians of Pontus under the command of Taxilus, the general of Mithridates. As a reward for this deed the Romans gave them their freedom. An army of bandits, called the Costoboes, who overran Greece in my day, visited among other cities Elateia. Whereupon a certain Mnesibulus gathered round him a company of men and put to the sword many of the barbarians, but he himself fell in the fighting. This Mnesibulus won several prizes for running, among which were prizes for the foot-race, and for the double race with shield, at the two hundred and thirty-fifth Olympic festival.162 A.D In Runner Street at Elateia there stands a bronze statue of Mnesibulus. The market-place itself is worth seeing
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