Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.12.6

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Passage 6.12.6: Statues of Elean victors at Olympia.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Τίμωνι δὲ τῷ Αἰσύπου καθέντι ἐς Ὀλυμπίαν ἵππους ἀνδρὶ Ἠλείῳ ἐστι τοῦτο χαλκοῦν, ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ἀναβέβηκε παρθένος, ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν Νίκη. Κάλλωνα δὲ τὸν Ἁρμοδίου καὶ τὸν Μοσχίωνος Ἱππόμαχον, γένος τε Ἠλείους καὶ πυγμῇ κρατήσαντας ἐν παισί, τὸν μὲν αὐτῶν ἐποίησε Δάιππος , Ἱππομάχου δὲ ὅστις μὲν τὸν ἀνδριάντα εἰργάσατο οὐκ ἴσμεν, καταμαχέσασθαι δὲ τρεῖς φασιν ἀνταγωνιστὰς αὐτὸν οὔτε πληγὴν ἀποδεξάμενον οὔτε τι τρωθέντα τοῦ σώματος.

English Translation

There is a bronze statue dedicated to Timon, son of Aesopus, an Elean who sent horses to Olympia; upon it stands a maiden who, in my opinion, is Victory. Callon son of Harmodius and Hippomachus son of Moschion—both Elians by birth and victorious as boys in boxing—are also commemorated by statues; Daippus made the statue of Callon, whereas the sculptor of the statue of Hippomachus we do not know. They say, however, that Hippomachus defeated three opponents without receiving a single blow or sustaining any injury to his body.

Proper Nouns

Nike (Νίκη) deity Q165023
Aisypus (Αἴσυπος) person Q21296336
Also in: 6.2.8
Daippos (Δάιππος) person Q11916492
Also in: 6.16.5
Callon (Κάλλων) person Q1722514
Also in: 2.32.5 5.27.8
Moschion (Μοσχίων) person Q11937691
Also in: 6.17.5
Timon (Τίμων) person Q1747004
Harmodios (Ἁρμόδιος) person Q21546504
Also in: 1.8.5 1.29.15
Eleians (Ἠλεῖος) person
Hippomachos (Ἱππόμαχος) person Q22583409
Eleians (Ἠλεῖοι) place Q6536845
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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