Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.36.9

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Passage 10.36.9: Bronze statue of Xenodamos of Antikyra, Olympic pankration victor.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

τοῦ γυμνασίου δὲ ἐν ᾧ καὶ τὰ λουτρά σφισι πεποίηται, τούτου πέραν ἄλλο γυμνάσιόν ἐστιν ἀρχαῖον· ἀνδριὰς δὲ ἕστηκεν ἐν αὐτῷ χαλκοῦς· φησὶ δʼ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ τὸ ἐπίγραμμα Ξενόδαμον παγκρατιαστὴν Ἀντικυρέα ἐν ἀνδράσιν Ὀλυμπικὴν ἀνῃρῆσθαι νίκην. εἰ δὲ ἀληθεύει τὸ ἐπίγραμμα, Ὀλυμπιάδι τῇ πρώτῃ μετὰ δέκα καὶ διακοσίας φαίνοιτο ἂν τὸν κότινον ὁ Ξενόδαμος εἰληφώς· αὕτη δὲ ἐν τοῖς Ἠλείων γράμμασι παρεῖται μόνη πασῶν ἡ Ὀλυμπιάς.

English Translation

Beyond the gymnasium in which they have built their baths is another ancient gymnasium. In it stands a bronze statue, bearing an inscription saying that Xenodamos of Antikyra, a pankration-wrestler, won the Olympic victory among men. If this inscription is truthful, then Xenodamos would seem to have won the wreath at the two hundred and eleventh Olympiad. This Olympiad alone of all is omitted from the records of the Eleans.

Proper Nouns

Olympiad (Ὀλυμπιάς) other
Xenodamus (Ξενόδαμος) person
Eleans (Ἠλεῖοι) person
Antikyra (Ἀντικύρα) place Q680099 Pleiades
Also in: 10.37.3
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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