Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.21.14

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Passage 5.21.14: Apollonius attacks crowned Heracleides after being disqualified.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

οὕτω δὴ τόν τε Ἀπολλώνιον καὶ εἰ δή τις ἄλλος ἧκεν οὐ κατὰ προθεσμίαν τῶν πυκτῶν, τούτους μὲν οἱ Ἠλεῖοι τοῦ ἀγῶνος ἀπελαύνουσι, τῷ Ἡρακλείδῃ δὲ τὸν στέφανον παριᾶσιν ἀκονιτί· ἐνταῦθα ὁ Ἀπολλώνιος κατεσκευάσατό τε τοῖς ἱμᾶσιν ὡς ἐς μάχην καὶ ἐσδραμὼν ἐπὶ τὸν Ἡρακλείδην ἥπτετο ἐπικειμένου τε ἤδη τὸν κότινον καὶ καταπεφευγότος ἐς τοὺς Ἑλλανοδίκας. τούτῳ μὲν δὴ ἔμελλε τὸ κοῦφον τοῦ νοῦ βλάβος μέγα ἔσεσθαι, ἔστι δὲ καὶ

English Translation

In this way indeed the Eleans expelled from the contest Apollonius and any other boxer who arrived after the appointed time; they awarded the crown uncontested to Heracleides. At this juncture Apollonius, having fitted his thongs as if for battle, ran at Heracleides and attacked him, even though Heracleides had already received the olive crown and had fled for refuge to the Hellanodikai. For this act Apollonius was about to suffer a severe penalty for his foolish recklessness, and there is also—

Proper Nouns

Apollonios (Ἀπολλώνιος) person
Also in: 5.21.12
Hellanodikai (Ἑλλανοδίκης) person
Eleans (Ἠλεῖοι) person
Heracleides (Ἡρακλείδης) person
Also in: 5.21.13 10.2.3
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