Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.10.5

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Passage 6.10.5: The statue of Theopompus the wrestler.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

τὴν δὲ εἰκόνα Θεοπόμπου μὲν τοῦ παλαίσαντος τὸν ποιήσαντα οὐκ ἴσμεν, τὰς δὲ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῦ πάππου φησὶ τὸ ἐπίγραμμα Εὐτελίδα τε εἶναι καὶ Χρυσοθέμιδος Ἀργείων· οὐ μὴν παρʼ ὅτῳ γε ἐδιδάχθησαν δεδήλωκεν, ἔχει γὰρ δὴ οὕτως· Εὐτελίδας καὶ Χρυσόθεμις τάδε ἔργα τέλεσσαν Ἀργεῖοι, τέχναν εἰδότες ἐκ προτέρων. Ἴκκος δὲ ὁ Νικολαΐδα Ταραντῖνος τόν τε Ὀλυμπικὸν στέφανον ἔσχεν ἐπὶ πεντάθλῳ καὶ ὕστερον γυμναστὴς ἄριστος λέγεται τῶν ἐφʼ αὑτοῦ γενέσθαι·

English Translation

As for the statue of Theopompus the wrestler, we do not know the sculptor; but the inscription says that those of his father and grandfather were works by Eutelidas and Chrysothemis of Argos. It does not, however, reveal who instructed these artists, for it reads as follows: "Eutelidas and Chrysothemis of Argos made these works, skilled in their craft inherited from their forebears." Iccus, the son of Nicolaidas of Tarentum, won the Olympic crown in the pentathlon, and afterwards is reputed to have been the greatest trainer of athletes of his time.

Proper Nouns

Eutelidas (Εὐτελίδας) person Q1378789
Theopompus (Θεόπομπος) person
Nikolaides (Νικολαΐδης) person
Chrysothemis (Χρυσόθεμις) person
Also in: 10.7.2
Ikkos (Ἴκκος) person
Also in: 6.9.6 6.10.6
of Taras (Tarentine) (Ταραντῖνος) place
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) place Q10417789
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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