Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.7.4

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Passage 10.7.4: Aulos contests added to the Pythian Games.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τῆς δὲ τεσσαρακοστῆς Ὀλυμπιάδος καὶ ὀγδόης, ἣν Γλαυκίας ὁ Κροτωνιάτης ἐνίκησε, ταύτης ἔτει τρίτῳ ἆθλα ἔθεσαν οἱ Ἀμφικτύονες κιθαρῳδίας μὲν καθὰ καὶ ἐξ ἀρχῆς, προσέθεσαν δὲ καὶ αὐλῳδίας ἀγώνισμα καὶ αὐλῶν· ἀνηγορεύθησαν δὲ νικῶντες Κεφαλήν τε Μελάμπους κιθαρῳδίᾳ καὶ αὐλῳδὸς Ἀρκὰς Ἐχέμβροτος, Σακάδας δὲ Ἀργεῖος ἐπὶ τοῖς αὐλοῖς· ἀνείλετο δὲ ὁ Σακάδας οὗτος καὶ ἄλλας δύο τὰς ἐφεξῆς ταύτης πυθιάδας.

English Translation

In the third year of the forty-eighth Olympiad, in which Glaukias of Croton won, the Amphictyons established contests, continuing as before for singing to the kithara, but also adding competitions for singing with the aulos and for playing the aulos itself. Melampus from Kephallenia was proclaimed victor in kithara-singing, Echembrotus the Arcadian in singing to the aulos, and Sacadas of Argos in playing the aulos. This Sacadas won also the two following successive Pythian contests.

Proper Nouns

Amphictyons (Ἀμφικτύονες) other
Olympiad (Ὀλυμπιάς) other Q223134
Argive (Ἀργεῖος) person Q11906448
Arcadian (Ἀρκάς) person Q2247381
Glaukias (Γλαυκίας) person Q19720494
Echembrotus (Ἐχέμβροτος) person Q268229
Also in: 10.7.6
Kephalē (Κεφαλῆς) person
Crotoniate (Κροτωνιάτης) person
Melampus (Μελάμπους) person Q11936374
Sacadas (Σακάδας) person Q1293998
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