Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.18.7

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Passage 3.18.7: Statue of Ainetos, pentathlete, and bronze tripods at Amyclae.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τὰ δὲ ἐν Ἀμύκλαις θέας ἄξια ἀνὴρ γὰρ πένταθλός ἐστιν ἐπὶ στήλης ὄνομα Αἴνητος· τούτῳ νικήσαντι Ὀλυμπίασι καὶ ἔτι στεφανουμένῳ γενέσθαι τοῦ βίου τὴν τελευτὴν λέγουσι. τούτου τε οὖν ἐστιν εἰκὼν καὶ τρίποδες χαλκοῖ· τοὺς δὲ ἀρχαιοτέρους δεκάτην τοῦ πρὸς Μεσσηνίους πολέμου φασὶν εἶναι.

English Translation

At Amyclae are several remarkable sights: there is on a pillar the figure of a man, a pentathlete whose name is recorded as Ainetos. He, they say, after winning a victory at Olympia, died still crowned with his wreath. Thus there is his statue and also bronze tripods. These older tripods, it is said, were dedicated as a tithe from the spoils of the war against the Messenians.

Proper Nouns

Messenians (Μεσσήνιοι) other
Ainetos (Αἴνητος) person Q405989
Amyclae (Ἀμύκλη) place Q13074886
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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