Pausanias Analysis - Current Sentence Tags 6.18

Chapter 6.18

Passage	Sentence	Bucket	Confidence	Greek	English	Rationale
6.18.1	1	historical	high	ἔστι δὲ καὶ τοῦ Κυρηναίου Κρατισθένους χαλκοῦν ἅρμα, καὶ Νίκη τε ἐπιβέβηκε τοῦ ἅρματος καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ Κρατισθένης.	There is also a bronze chariot of Cratisthenes the Cyrenaean; figures of Victory and Cratisthenes himself are standing upon the chariot.	An individual bronze dedication and statue group of Cratisthenes is an antiquarian/descriptive monument, not a mythic scene.
6.18.1	2	historical	high	δῆλα μὲν δὴ ὅτι ἵππων γέγονεν αὐτῷ νίκη·	Clearly, his victory was won in a horse-race.	Refers to a victory in a horse-race, a historical athletic event rather than mythic material.
6.18.1	3	other	high	λέγεται δὲ καὶ ὡς Μνασέου τοῦ δρομέως, ἐπικληθέντος δὲ ὑπὸ Ἑλλήνων Λίβυος, εἴη παῖς ὁ Κρατισθένης.	It is said, moreover, that this Cratisthenes was the son of Mnaseas, the runner, whom the Greeks called "the Libyan."	Genealogical/antiquarian identification of a person, with no mythic event or post-500 BC historical event.
6.18.1	4	other	high	τὰ δὲ ἀναθήματα αὐτῷ τὰ ἐς Ὀλυμπίαν ἐστὶ τοῦ Ῥηγίνου Πυθαγόρου τέχνη.	The votive offerings dedicated by Cratisthenes at Olympia are the work of Pythagoras of Rhegium.	Antiquarian identification of votive offerings and their maker; no mythic or historical event.
6.18.2	1	historical	high	ἐνταῦθα καὶ Ἀναξιμένους οἶδα εἰκόνα ἀνευρών, ὃς τὰ ἐν Ἕλλησιν ἀρχαῖα, καὶ ὅσα Φίλιππος ὁ Ἀμύντου καὶ ὕστερον Ἀλέξανδρος εἰργάσατο, συνέγραψεν ὁμοίως ἅπαντα·	Here too I know of a statue of Anaximenes, who composed a comprehensive history of ancient Greek affairs, and also of everything done by Philip, son of Amyntas, and later by Alexander.	Refers to Philip and Alexander, post-500 BC historical figures and their deeds.
6.18.2	2	historical	high	ἡ δέ οἱ τιμὴ γέγονεν ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ παρὰ τῶν Λαμψακηνῶν τοῦ δήμου.	This honor was bestowed upon him at Olympia by the people of Lampsacus.	Records a civic honor bestowed at Olympia by the people of Lampsacus, a post-mythic historical/antiquarian notice.
6.18.2	3	historical	high	ὑπελίπετο δὲ Ἀναξιμένης τοσάδε ἐς μνήμην· βασιλέα γὰρ οὐ τὰ πάντα ἤπιον ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ μάλιστα θυμῷ χρώμενον, Ἀλέξανδρον τὸν Φιλίππου, τέχνῃ περιῆλθε τοιᾷδε.	Anaximenes is remembered especially for the following incident: when Alexander, son of Philip, who as a king was not always mild but often very quick-tempered, was enraged with him, Anaximenes overcame his anger by the following stratagem.	Refers to Alexander son of Philip and a remembered anecdote from the historical period after 500 BC.
6.18.3	1	historical	high	Λαμψακηνῶν τὰ βασιλέως τοῦ Περσῶν φρονησάντων ἢ καὶ αἰτίαν φρονῆσαι λαβόντων, ὁ Ἀλέξανδρος ἅτε ὑπερζέων ἐς αὐτοὺς τῇ ὀργῇ κακῶν ἠπείλει τὰ μέγιστα ἐργάσασθαι·	When the Lampsacenes took the Persian king's side, or at least were accused of sympathizing with him, Alexander, exceedingly enraged with them, threatened to inflict upon them the greatest calamities.	Refers to Alexander the Great's actions in the historical period after 500 BC.
6.18.3	2	historical	high	οἱ δὲ ἅτε θέοντες περὶ γυναικῶν τε καὶ παίδων καὶ αὐτῆς πατρίδος ἀποστέλλουσιν Ἀναξιμένην ἱκετεύειν, Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τε αὐτῷ καὶ ἔτι Φιλίππῳ πρότερον γεγονότα ἐν γνώσει.	In their fear for their women and children, and indeed for their very homeland, they sent Anaximenes to intercede for them, as he had been known previously both to Alexander himself and earlier to Philip.	Refers to Alexander, Philip, and Anaximenes in a historical diplomatic context after 500 BC.
6.18.3	3	historical	high	προσῄει τε ὁ Ἀναξιμένης, καὶ τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον, πεπυσμένον καθʼ ἥντινα αἰτίαν ἥκοι, κατομόσασθαί φασιν ἐπονομάζοντα θεοὺς τοὺς Ἑλλήνων ἦ μὴν αὐτοῦ ταῖς δεήσεσιν ὁπόσα ἐστὶν ἐναντία ἐργάσασθαι.	Anaximenes approached Alexander, and when Alexander asked him the cause of his coming, he is said to have sworn by the gods of the Greeks that he indeed had come to petition Alexander to do precisely the opposite of whatever he himself wished to request.	Refers to Alexander and Anaximenes, a post-500 BC historical episode involving a named historical figure.
6.18.4	1	other	high	ἔνθα δὴ εἶπεν Ἀναξιμένης·	Then indeed Anaximenes spoke thus:	A simple speech introduction naming Anaximenes; no mythic or historical event is described.
6.18.4	2	historical	high	"χαρίσασθαι μοι τήνδε ὦ βασιλεῦ τὴν χάριν, ἐξανδραποδίσασθαι μὲν γυναῖκας καὶ τέκνα Λαμψακηνῶν, καταβαλεῖν δὲ καὶ ἐς ἔδαφος τὴν πόλιν πᾶσαν, τὰ δὲ ἱερὰ τῶν θεῶν σφισιν ἐμπρῆσαι" .	"Grant me, O king, this favor—to enslave the women and children of the Lampsacenes, to raze their entire city to the ground, and even to burn their sanctuaries of the gods."	Refers to the historical destruction and enslavement of Lampsacus by a king, an event after the mythic period.
6.18.4	3	historical	medium	ὁ μὲν ταῦτα ἔλεγεν, Ἀλέξανδρος δὲ οὔτε πρὸς τὸ σόφισμα ἀντιμηχανήσασθαί τι εὑρίσκων καὶ ἐνεχόμενος τῇ ἀνάγκῃ τοῦ ὅρκου συγγνώμην ἔνεμεν οὐκ ἐθέλων Λαμψακηνοῖς.	Thus was he speaking; and Alexander, unable to contrive anything against his stratagem, and bound by the necessity of his oath, unwillingly granted pardon to the Lampsacenes.	Refers to Alexander and the Lampsacenes, a post-500 BC historical episode.
6.18.5	1	historical	medium	φαίνεται δὲ καὶ ἄνδρα ὁ Ἀναξιμένης ἐχθρὸν οὐκ ἀμαθέστατα ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐπιφθονώτατα ἀμυνάμενος.	Anaximenes also appears to have avenged himself upon a personal enemy in a way not only clever but exceedingly spiteful.	Mentions Anaximenes and a personal enemy; this is an anecdotal historical figure, not mythic or geographical.
6.18.5	2	other	high	ἐπεφύκει μὲν αὐτὸς σοφιστὴς καὶ σοφιστῶν λόγους μιμεῖσθαι·	He was naturally skilled as a sophist and adept at imitating the writings of other sophists.	Describes a person's rhetorical skill and imitation of sophists; no mythic or historical event.
6.18.5	3	historical	high	ὡς δέ οἱ διαφορὰ ἐς Θεόπομπον ἐγεγόνει τὸν Δαμασιστράτου, γράφει βιβλίον ἐς Ἀθηναίους καὶ ἐπὶ Λακεδαιμονίοις ὁμοῦ καὶ Θηβαίοις συγγραφὴν λοίδορον.	When he had become embroiled in a conflict with Theopompus, the son of Damasistratus, he composed a book defamatory of the Athenians, the Spartans, and the Thebans alike;	Refers to a conflict and composition of a defamatory book about named historical peoples and figures, not mythic material.
6.18.5	4	historical	high	ὡς δὲ ἦν ἐς τὸ ἀκριβέστατον αὐτῷ μεμιμημένα, ἐπιγράψας τοῦ Θεοπόμπου τὸ ὄνομα τῷ βιβλίῳ διέπεμπεν ἐς τὰς πόλεις·	and having imitated Theopompus' style with the utmost precision, he put Theopompus' name upon the work, distributing it among the various cities.	Describes a post-mythic literary/historical action of attributing and circulating a work among cities.
6.18.5	5	historical	medium	καὶ αὐτός τε συγγεγραφὼς ἦν καὶ τὸ ἔχθος τὸ ἐς Θεόπομπον ἀνὰ πᾶσαν τὴν Ἑλλάδα ἐπηύξητο.	Thus he both published his own composition and effectively spread ill-feeling toward Theopompus throughout all of Greece.	Refers to Theopompus and the spread of ill-feeling across Greece, a post-mythic literary/historical matter.
6.18.6	1	other	high	οὐ μὴν οὐδὲ εἰπεῖν τις αὐτοσχεδίως Ἀναξιμένους πρότερός ἐστιν εὑρηκώς·	Nor could anyone else have plausibly claimed before Anaximenes to have composed extempore speeches.	Antiquarian/literary remark about Anaximenes and improvised speech, not a mythic or historical event.
6.18.6	2	other	high	τὰ ἔπη δὲ τὰ ἐς Ἀλέξανδρον οὔ μοι πιστά ἐστιν Ἀναξιμένην τὸν ποιήσαντα εἶναι.	However, I do not believe that the verses about Alexander were actually composed by Anaximenes.	A statement of disbelief about authorship; it is antiquarian/scholarly and not about a mythic or historical event.
6.18.6	3	historical	high	Σωτάδης δὲ ἐπὶ δολίχου νίκαις Ὀλυμπιάδι μὲν ἐνάτῃ καὶ ἐνενηκοστῇ Κρής, καθάπερ γε καὶ ἦν, ἀνερρήθη,	Sotades, who won the long-distance race at the ninety-ninth Olympiad, was proclaimed as a Cretan, for he indeed was one;	Mentions the ninety-ninth Olympiad and a named athlete; this is a post-500 BC historical event.
6.18.6	4	historical	high	τῇ ἐπὶ ταύτῃ δὲ λαβὼν χρήματα παρὰ τοῦ Ἐφεσίων κοινοῦ Ἐφεσίοις ἐσεποίησεν αὑτόν·	but afterward, having received money from the Ephesian community, he declared himself an Ephesian citizen.	Describes a later civic/political transaction involving Ephesian citizenship, not mythic material.
6.18.6	5	historical	high	καὶ αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῷ ἔργῳ φυγῇ ζημιοῦσιν οἱ Κρῆτες.	For this action, the Cretans punished him with exile.	Refers to a punitive action by the Cretans against a person, an historical event rather than mythic or descriptive material.
6.18.7	1	historical	high	πρῶται δὲ ἀθλητῶν ἀνετέθησαν ἐς Ὀλυμπίαν εἰκόνες Πραξιδάμαντός τε Αἰγινήτου νικήσαντος πυγμῇ τὴν ἐνάτην Ὀλυμπιάδα ἐπὶ ταῖς πεντήκοντα καὶ Ὀπουντίου Ῥηξιβίου παγκρατιαστὰς καταγωνισαμένου μιᾷ πρὸς ταῖς ἑξήκοντα Ὀλυμπιάδι·	The first statues of athletes set up at Olympia were those of Praxidamas of Aegina, who won the boxing match at the fifty-ninth Olympiad, and of Rexibius of Opous, who prevailed as a pancratiast at the sixty-first Olympiad.	Refers to Olympic victors and the first athlete statues at Olympia, a post-500 BC historical/antiquarian fact.
6.18.7	2	other	high	αὗται κεῖνται μὲν αἱ εἰκόνες οὐ πρόσω τῆς Οἰνομάου κίονος, ξύλου δέ εἰσιν εἰργασμέναι, Ῥηξιβίου μὲν συκῆς, ἡ δὲ τοῦ Αἰγινήτου κυπαρίσσου καὶ ἧσσον τῆς ἑτέρας πεπονηκυῖά ἐστιν.	These statues stand not far from the pillar of Oenomaus, and they are made of wood; that of Rexibius is of fig-wood, and the statue of the Aeginetan is of cypress-wood, being less finely worked than the other.	Purely descriptive and antiquarian: location, material, and workmanship of statues.