Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.21.7

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Passage 5.21.7: Inscriptions on Olympic virtue and statue dedications (reason and oracle)

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τὸ τέταρτον δὲ ἐθέλει λέγειν τὸν Ὀλυμπίασιν ἀγῶνα ἀρετῆς εἶναι καὶ οὐ χρημάτων, τὰ δὲ ἐπιγράμματα τὰ ἐπὶ τῷ πέμπτῳ τε καὶ ἕκτῳ, τὸ μὲν αὐτῶν δηλοῖ καθʼ ἥντινα αἰτίαν ἀνετέθη τὰ ἀγάλματα, τὸ δὲ ἀναμιμνήσκει τοῦ χρησμοῦ τοῦ Ἀθηναίοις ἐλθόντος ἐκ Δελφῶν.

English Translation

The fourth inscription says that the Olympic contest is one of virtue and not of money. Of the inscriptions on the fifth and sixth statues, one indicates the reason for their dedication, and the other recalls the oracle delivered to the Athenians from Delphi.

Proper Nouns

Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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