Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.10.7

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Passage 6.10.7: Inscribed victory chariot dedicated by Cleosthenes of Epidamnus.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐπιγέγραπται δὲ καὶ τῶν ἵππων τὰ ὀνόματα Φοῖνιξ καὶ Κόραξ, ἑκατέρωθεν δὲ οἱ παρὰ τὸ ζυγόν, κατὰ μὲν τὰ δεξιὰ Κνακίας, ἐν δὲ τῇ ἀριστερᾷ Σάμος· καὶ ἐλεγεῖον τόδε ἐστὶν ἐπὶ τῷ ἅρματι· Κλεοσθένης μʼ ἀνέθηκεν ὁ Πόντιος ἐξ Ἐπιδάμνου, νικήσας ἵπποις καλὸν ἀγῶνα Διός.

English Translation

The names of the horses are also inscribed: Phoenix and Korax, while those beside the yoke on either side are Knakias on the right and Samos on the left. And this elegiac couplet is written upon the chariot: "Cleosthenes of Epidamnus on the Pontus dedicated me, having won a glorious contest of Zeus with his horses."

Proper Nouns

Zeus (Ζεύς) deity
Kleosthenes (Κλεοσθένης) person
Knakias (Κνακίας) person
Korax (Κόραξ) person
Also in: 2.5.8 2.6.1
Pontios (Πόντιος) person
Samos (Σάμος) person
Phoinix (Φοῖνιξ) person
Epidamnos (Ἐπίδαμνος) place Q3567546
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