Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.1.3

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Passage 6.1.3: Statues of wrestlers Symmachus, Neolaidas, and Archedamos by Alypos near Hera's temple

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἔστιν ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ ναοῦ τῆς Ἥρας ἀνδρὸς εἰκὼν παλαιστοῦ, γένος δὲ ἦν Ἠλεῖος, Σύμμαχος Αἰσχύλου· παρὰ δὲ αὐτὸν ἐκ Φενεοῦ τῆς Ἀρκάδων Νεολαΐδας Προξένου, πυγμῆς ἐν παισὶν ἀνῃρημένος νίκην· ἐφεξῆς δὲ Ἀρχέδαμος Ξενίου, καταβαλὼν καὶ οὗτος παλαιστὰς παῖδας, γένος καὶ αὐτὸς Ἠλεῖος. τούτων τῶν κατειλεγμένων εἰργάσατο Ἄλυπος τὰς εἰκόνας Σικυώνιος, Ναυκύδους τοῦ Ἀργείου μαθητής.

English Translation

On the right side of the temple of Hera stands the statue of a wrestler named Symmachus, son of Aeschylus, an Eleian by birth. Beside him is Neolaidas son of Proxenos, from Pheneus in Arcadia, who won a victory in boxing among boys. Next to him stands Archedamos son of Xenias, another Eleian, who likewise overcame boy wrestlers. All of these aforementioned statues were crafted by Alypos of Sicyon, a pupil of Naucydes the Argive.

Proper Nouns

Hera (Ἥρα) deity Q38012
Alypos (Ἄλυπος) person Q450334
Also in: 6.8.5 10.9.10
Archedamus son of Xenius (Ἀρχέδαμος Ξένιος) person
Naucydes the Argive (Ναυκύδης ὁ Ἀργεῖος) person
Neolaidas son of Proxenos (Νεολαΐδας Προξένος) person
Symmachus son of Aeschylus (Σύμμαχος Ἀισχύλος) person
of Argos (Ἀργεῖος) place Q10417789
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) place Q11906401
Eleian (Ἠλεῖος) place
Sicyonian (Σικυώνιος) place
Also in: 5.21.3 6.3.5 6.9.1
Pheneus (Φενεός) place Q12885741
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