Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.12.8

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Passage 6.12.8: Agesarchus of Tritaia's boxing victories at Olympia, Nemea, Pytho, and the Isthmus

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

Ἀγήσαρχον δὲ τὸν Αἱμοστράτου Τριταιέα κρατῆσαι μὲν πύκτας ἄνδρας ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ καὶ Νεμέᾳ τε καὶ Πυθοῖ καὶ ἐν Ἰσθμῷ μαρτυρεῖ τὸ ἐλεγεῖον, Ἀρκάδας δὲ τοὺς Τριταιεῖς εἶναι τοῦ ἐλεγείου λέγοντος οὐκ ἀληθεύοντα εὕρισκον. πόλεων γὰρ τῶν ἐν Ἀρκαδίᾳ ταῖς μὲν ἐπειλημμέναις δόξης οὐδὲ τὰ ἐς τοὺς οἰκιστάς ἐστιν ἄγνωστα, τὰς δὲ ἐξ ἀρχῆς τε ὑπὸ ἀσθενείας ἀφανεστέρας καὶ διʼ αὐτὸ ἀνοικισθείσας ἐς Μεγάλην πόλιν, οὐ περιέχει σφᾶς γενόμενον τότε ὑπὸ τε τοῦ Ἀρκάδων κοινοῦ δόγμα;

English Translation

An elegiac inscription bears witness that Agesarchus, son of Haemostratus, a native of Tritaia, triumphed as a men's boxer at Olympia, Nemea, Pytho, and the Isthmus. Yet concerning the claim of this elegiac couplet that the people of Tritaia are Arcadians, I found that the claim is untrue. For regarding the cities of Arcadia, those renowned have not even their founders unknown; whereas those from their inception insignificant and obscure, which consequently were later incorporated into Megalopolis—is not their inclusion at that time sufficiently shown by the decree of the Arcadian League itself?

Proper Nouns

Haimostrates (Αἱμοστράτης) person
Tritaeus (Τριταιεύς) person
Agesarchos (Ἀγήσαρχος) person
Also in: 6.12.9
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) person
Megalopolis (Μεγάλη πόλις) place Q36024972
Nemea (Νεμέα) place Q748108
Pytho (Πυθώ) place Q23646657
Arcadia (Ἀρκαδία) place Q12898802
Isthmus (Ἰσθμός) place Q215200
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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