Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.8.7

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Passage 5.8.7: New Olympic events introduced and their early victors

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς ὀγδόης καὶ δεκάτης Ὀλυμπιάδος πεντάθλου καὶ πάλης ἀφίκοντο ἐς μνήμην· καὶ τοῦ μὲν Λάμπιδι ὑπῆρξεν, Εὐρυβάτῳ δὲ ἡ νίκη τῆς πάλης, Λακεδαιμονίοις καὶ τούτοις. τρίτῃ δὲ Ὀλυμπιάδι καὶ εἰκοστῇ πυγμῆς ἆθλα ἀπέδοσαν· Ὀνόμαστος δὲ ἐνίκησεν ἐκ Σμύρνης συντελούσης ἤδη τηνικαῦτα ἐς Ἴωνας. πέμπτῃ δὲ ἐπὶ ταῖς εἴκοσι κατεδέξαντο ἵππων τελείων δρόμον, καὶ ἀνηγορεύθη Θηβαῖος Παγώνδας κρατῶν ἅρματι.

English Translation

In the eighteenth Olympiad, the pentathlon and wrestling events were introduced into memory; Lampis won the pentathlon, and Eurybatus was victorious in wrestling, both men Spartans. In the twenty-third Olympiad, they awarded prizes for boxing, and Onomastus of Smyrna, which by then already belonged to the Ionians, won. In the twenty-fifth Olympiad, they included a race for full-grown horses, and Pagondas of Thebes was declared victorious with his chariot.

Proper Nouns

Olympiad (Ὀλυμπιάς) other
Eurybatos (Εὐρύβατος) person Q11921274
Theban (Θηβαῖος) person
Lampis (Λάμπις) person
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Pagonadas (Παγώνδας) person
Ionians (Ἴωνες) person
Onomastos (Ὀνόμαστος) person
Smyrna (Σμύρνη) place Q1379299
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