Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.1.7

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Passage 6.1.7: Statues of Lacedaemonian chariot-race victors Anaxander and Polykles

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

εἰσὶ δὲ Λακεδαιμόνιοι καὶ ἐφεξῆς ἀνακείμενοι τῇ Κυνίσκᾳ, ἵππων νῖκαι γεγόνασιν αὐτοῖς· Ἀνάξανδρος μὲν ἅρματι ἀνηγορεύθη πρῶτος, τὸ δὲ ἐπίγραμμά φησι τὸ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ τοῦ πατρὸς τοῦ Ἀναξάνδρου πρότερον ἔτι στεφανωθῆναι τὸν πατέρα πεντάθλῳ. οὗτος μὲν δὴ ἔοικεν εὐχόμενος τῷ θεῷ, Πολυκλῆς δὲ ἐπίκλησιν λαβὼν Πολύχαλκος τεθρίππῳ μὲν καὶ οὗτος ἐκράτησεν, ἡ δὲ εἰκὼν ἐπὶ τῇ χειρὶ ἔχει οἱ τῇ δεξιᾷ ταινίαν·

English Translation

Next are statues of Lacedaemonians exhibited consecutively after Cynisca, commemorating their victories in horse-racing. Anaxander was the first to achieve renown in a chariot race, while the inscription upon his statue records that earlier still his father was crowned victor in the pentathlon. He appears in the posture of one offering thanks to the god. Polykles, surnamed Polychalkos, also was victorious in the four-horse chariot race; the statue representing him holds a ribbon in its right hand.

Proper Nouns

Kyniska (Κυνίσκα) person
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Polycles (Πολυκλῆς) person
Also in: 6.1.8 10.3.1
Polychalkos (Πολύχαλκος) person
Anaxandros (Ἀνάξανδρος) person
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