Pausanias Analysis

Passage 5.8.8

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Passage 5.8.8: Monument to Lygdamis at Syracuse

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

ὀγδόῃ δὲ ἀπὸ ταύτης Ὀλυμπιάδι ἐδέξαντο παγκρατιαστήν τε ἄνδρα καὶ ἵππον κέλητα· ἵππος μὲν δὴ Κραννωνίου Κραυξίδα παρέφθη, τοὺς δὲ ἐσελθόντας ἐπὶ τὸ παγκράτιον ὁ Λύγδαμις κατειργάσατο Συρακούσιος. τούτῳ πρὸς ταῖς λιθοτομίαις ἐστὶν ἐν Συρακούσαις μνῆμα· εἰ δὲ καὶ Ἡρακλεῖ τῷ Θηβαίῳ μέγεθος παρισοῦτο ὁ Λύγδαμις, ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ οἶδα, λεγόμενον δὲ ὑπὸ Συρακουσίων ἐστί.

English Translation

In the eighth Olympiad after this one, they admitted a man for the pankration and a horse for the riding race. The horse, in fact, was entered by Krauxidas from Krannon, and Lygdamis of Syracuse overcame those who competed in the pankration. There is a monument to this man beside the stone quarries at Syracuse; whether indeed Lygdamis equaled the stature of Heracles of Thebes, I cannot say, but this is what the Syracusans report.

Proper Nouns

Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς) deity
Olympiad (Ὀλυμπιάς) other
Crauxidas (Κραυξίδας) person
Lygdamis (Λύγδαμις) person
Also in: 3.11.3
Syracusan (Συρακούσιος) person
Also in: 6.9.5 10.11.3
Thebes (Θῆβαι) place Q11225429
Crannon (Κραννών) place Q56427665
Also in: 10.3.4
Syracuse (Συρακοῦσαι) place Q4420718
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