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A Pausanias Commentary in Progress

Pausanias 1.21

Greg Nagy

Last updated at April 8, 2020, 12:55 p.m.

Read in Context

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The Weeping Rock of Mount Sipylus. Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Here I show a photograph of the natural rock formation. I show other modern versions further below. I will have more to say about the myth of Niobe when I get to my comment on the translation for Pausanias 1.21.3.