Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.9.2

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Passage 10.9.2: Phayllos of Croton: Pythian victories and a statue at Delphi

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

ἀθλητὰς μὲν οὖν καὶ ὅσαι ἀγωνισταὶ μουσικῆς τῶν ἀνθρώπων τοῖς πλείοσιν ἐγίνοντο μετὰ οὐδενὸς λογισμοῦ, μετὰ τῆς οὐ πάνυ τι ἡγοῦμαι σπουδῆς ἀξίους · ἀθλητὰς δὲ ὁπόσοι τι καὶ ὑπελείποντο ἐς δόξαν, ἐν λόγῳ σφᾶς ἐδήλωσα τῷ ἐς Ἠλείους. Φαΰλῳ δὲ Κροτωνιάτῃ---Ὀλυμπίασι μὲν οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῷ νίκη, τὰς δὲ Πυθοῖ πεντάθλου δύο ἀνείλετο καὶ σταδίου τὴν τρίτην· ἐναυμάχησε δὲ καὶ ἐναντία τοῦ Μήδου ναῦν τε παρασκευασάμενος οἰκείαν καὶ Κροτωνιατῶν ὁπόσοι ἐπεδήμουν τῇ Ἑλλάδι ἀνεβίβασεν--- τούτου ἐστὶν ἀνδριὰς ἐν Δελφοῖς. τὰ μὲν δὴ ἐς τὸν Κροτωνιάτην οὕτως εἶχεν, ἐσελθόντι δὲ ἐς τὸ τέμενος

English Translation

I consider that athletes in general, as well as competitors in musical contests who gained victories among the majority of men, are for the most part not worthy of mention, nor deserving of serious attention. But as for athletes who attained extraordinary fame, I have already spoken of them in my account of the Eleans. Now, concerning Phayllos of Croton: he won no victory at Olympia, but at Pytho he twice achieved victory in the pentathlon and a third victory in the stadion race. Moreover, he participated in the sea fight against the Mede, equipping a ship at his own expense and manning it with Crotoniates who happened to be visiting Greece. This man has a statue set up in his honor at Delphi. This, then, is the information about the Crotoniate. And upon entering the sanctuary...

Proper Nouns

Krotoniate (Κροτωνιάτης) person
Mede (Μῆδος) person
Phaylos (Φαῦλος) person
Also in: 10.2.7
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
Pytho (Πυθώ) place Q23646657
Hellas (Ἑλλάς) place Q7798
Eleians (Ἠλεῖοι) place Q6536845
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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