Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.13.1

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Passage 6.13.1: Astylus of Croton: Olympic victor punished; his house made a prison and his statue torn down.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἀστύλος δὲ Κροτωνιάτης Πυθαγόρου μέν ἐστιν ἔργον, τρεῖς δὲ ἐφεξῆς Ὀλυμπίασι σταδίου τε καὶ διαύλου νίκας ἔσχεν. ὅτι δὲ ἐν δύο ταῖς ὑστέραις ἐς χάριν τὴν Ἱέρωνος τοῦ Δεινομένους ἀνηγόρευσεν αὑτὸν Συρακούσιον, τούτων ἕνεκα οἱ Κροτωνιᾶται τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ δεσμωτήριον εἷναι κατέγνωσαν καὶ τὴν εἰκόνα καθεῖλον παρὰ τῇ Ἥρᾳ τῇ Λακινίᾳ κειμένην.

English Translation

Astylus of Croton was the work of Pythagoras, and he won victories at three successive Olympiads in both the stadion and the diaulos. However, because in his two later Olympic victories he declared himself a Syracusan in honor of Hieron, son of Deinomenes, the Crotoniates condemned his house to become a prison and pulled down his statue, which stood beside Hera Lakinia.

Proper Nouns

Hera (Ἥρα) deity
Lacinia (Λακινία) other
Deinomenes (Δεινομένης) person Q28556208
Krotoniate (Κροτωνιάτης) person
Crotoniates (Κροτωνιᾶται) person
Pythagoras (Πυθαγόρας) person
Astylos (Ἀστύλος) person
Hieron (Ἱέρων) person
Syracuse (Συρακοῦσαι) place Q4420718
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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