Pausanias, Description of Greece, ed. Friedrich Spiro, 10.30.1

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ἐφεξῆς δὲ τὰς Πανδάρεω θυγατέρας ἔγραψεν ὁ Πολύγνωτος. Ὁμήρῳ δὲ ἐν Πηνελόπης λόγοις ἐστὶν ὡς ἀποθάνοιεν μὲν ταῖς παρθένοις οἱ γεινάμενοι κατὰ 0 μήνιμα ἐκ θεῶν, αὐτὰς δὲ ὀρφανὰς τραφῆναι μὲν ὑπὸ Ἀφροδίτης, λαβεῖν δὲ καὶ παρʼ ἄλλων θεῶν, Ἥρας μὲν φρονεῖν τε ἱκανὰς εἶναι καὶ εἶδος καλάς, μῆκος δὲ τοῦ σώματος Ἄρτεμίν φησιν αὐταῖς δωρήσασθαι, ἔργα δὲ γυναιξὶν ἁρμόζοντα ὑπὸ Ἀθηνᾶς διδαχθῆναι.

Description of Greece. Pausanias. ed. Friedrich Spiro. Leipzig. 1903.

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Ἑλλάδος Περιηγήσεως (Greek) (Pausanias. Pausaniae Graeciae descriptio, Volumes 1-3. Spiro, Friedrich, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1903.)

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Description of Greece Perseus (Pausanias. Pausanias Description of Greece, Volumes 1-4. Jones, W.H.S. (William Henry Samuel), translator; Ormerod, Henry Arderne, translator. London, New York: W. Heinemann, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1918-1935.) — 10.30.1 focus

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Next Polygnotus has painted the daughters of Pandareos. Homer makes Penelope say in a speech¹ that the parents of the maidens died because of the wrath of the gods, that they were reared as orphans by Aphrodite and received gifts from other goddesses: from Hera wisdom and beauty of form, from Artemis high stature, from Athena schooling in the works that befit women.

English (Jones and Ormerod; retranslated Gregory Nagy, CHS, 2018) (OCR draft) Experimental (CHS Pausanias Reader retranslation by Gregory Nagy, based on Jones and Ormerod, with marked Greek terms, notes, quotations, and bibliographic attributions preserved.) — 10.30.1 focus

[1] Next Polygnotus has painted the daughters of Pandareos. Homer makes Penelope say in a speech that the parents of the girls died because of the wrath of the gods, that they were reared as orphans by Aphrodite and received gifts from other goddesses: from Hērā, wisdom and beauty of form; from Artemis, high stature; from Athena, schooling in the works that befit women.

Pausanias Description of Greece 10.30.1

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