Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.21.12

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Passage 5.21.12: Apollonius (Rhantes), an Alexandrian boxer fined by the Eleans at the 218th Olympiad.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

χρήμασι δὲ ὑπὸ Ἠλείων ἕτεροί τε ὕστερον καὶ Ἀλεξανδρεὺς ἐζημιώθη πύκτης Ὀλυμπιάδι ἐπὶ ταῖς διακοσίαις ὀγδόῃ τε καὶ δεκάτῃ. ὄνομα μὲν τῷ ζημιωθέντι Ἀπολλώνιος, ἐπίκλησις δὲ ἦν Ῥάντης· καί πως καὶ ἐπιχώριον τὸ ἐς τὰς ἐπικλήσεις τοῖς Ἀλεξανδρεῦσίν ἐστιν. οὗτος ὁ ἀνὴρ ἀδικεῖν ὑπὸ Ἠλείων κατεγνώσθη πρῶτος Αἰγυπτίων·

English Translation

Afterwards, other competitors as well as a boxer from Alexandria were fined money by the Eleans at the two hundred and eighteenth Olympiad. The name of the punished athlete was Apollonius, whose nickname was Rhantes—indeed, surnames of this sort seem customary among the Alexandrians. This man was the first Egyptian found guilty of wrongdoing by the Eleans.

Proper Nouns

Olympiad (Ὀλυμπιάς) other
Egyptians (Αἰγύπτιοι) person
Alexandrian (Ἀλεξανδρεύς) person
Alexandrians (Ἀλεξανδρεῖς) person
Apollonios (Ἀπολλώνιος) person
Also in: 5.21.14
Eleans (Ἠλεῖοι) person
Rhantes (Ῥάντης) person
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