Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.10.6

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Passage 6.10.6: Cleosthenes' chariot-statue by Ageladas, set after his 66th Olympiad victory.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

μετὰ δὲ Ἴκκον καταπαλαίσας παῖδας Παντάρκης ἕστηκεν Ἠλεῖος ὁ ἐρώμενος Φειδίου. ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ Παντάρκει Κλεοσθένους ἐστὶν ἅρμα ἀνδρὸς Ἐπιδαμνίου· τοῦτο ἔργον μέν ἐστιν Ἀγελάδα , ἕστηκε δὲ ὄπισθεν τοῦ Διὸς τοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς μάχης τῆς Πλαταιᾶσιν ἀνατεθέντος ὑπὸ Ἑλλήνων. ἐνίκα μὲν δὴ τὴν ἕκτην Ὀλυμπιάδα καὶ ἑξηκοστὴν ὁ Κλεοσθένης, ἀνέθηκε δὲ ὁμοῦ τοῖς ἵπποις αὑτοῦ τε εἰκόνα καὶ τὸν ἡνίοχον.

English Translation

After Iccus, stands Pantarces the Elean, Phidias' beloved, who won among boys in wrestling. Beside Pantarces is the chariot of Cleosthenes, a man of Epidamnus. This chariot is the work of Ageladas and stands behind the Zeus dedicated by the Greeks after their victory in the battle of Plataea. Cleosthenes gained victory in the sixty-sixth Olympiad, and he set up together with his horses a statue of himself as well as of his charioteer.

Proper Nouns

Zeus (Ζεύς) deity
Olympiad (Ὀλυμπιάς) other
Kleosthenes (Κλεοσθένης) person
Pantarkes (Παντάρκης) person
Also in: 5.11.3 6.15.2
Pheidias (Φειδίας) person
Ageladas (Ἀγελάδας) person
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Eleians (Ἠλεῖος) person
Ikkos (Ἴκκος) person
Also in: 6.9.6 6.10.5
Plataea (Πλαταιαί) place Q742538
Epidamnos (Ἐπίδαμνος) place Q3567546
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