Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.21.11

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Passage 5.21.11: Nikostratos: kidnapped to Aegeae, omen of a lion cub, later Olympic pankration and wrestling victor.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τοῦτον τὸν Νικόστρατον νήπιον παῖδα ἔτι ἐκ Πρυμνησσοῦ λῃσταὶ τῆς Φρυγῶν ἥρπασαν, οἰκίας ὄντα οὐκ ἀφανοῦς· κομισθέντα δὲ αὐτὸν ἐς Αἰγέας ὠνήσατο ὅστις δή. χρόνῳ δὲ ὕστερον τῷ ἀνδρὶ τούτῳ ὄνειρον γίνεται· λέοντος δὲ ἔδοξεν ὑπὸ τῷ σκίμποδι κατακεῖσθαι σκύμνον, ἐφʼ ᾧ ἐκάθευδεν ὁ Νικόστρατος. Νικοστράτῳ μὲν δή, ὡς ηὐξήθη, καὶ ἄλλαι νῖκαι καὶ Ὀλυμπίασιν ἐγένοντο παγκρατίου καὶ πάλης.

English Translation

This Nikostratos was still a child when, while in Prymnessos, he was seized by Phrygian bandits, though belonging to a household not without prominence. Having been carried to Aegeae, he was bought there by a certain man. Some time afterward, this man had a dream: he thought that a lion’s cub was lying beneath the couch on which Nikostratos slept. When Nikostratos grew up, moreover, he won several victories, both in the pankration and in wrestling at Olympia.

Proper Nouns

Phrygians (Φρύγες) other
Also in: 10.31.7
Nikostratos (Νικόστρατος) person
Aigeai (Αἰγέαι) place Q16963755
Prymnessos (Πρυμνησσός) place Q29310814
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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