Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.14.10

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Passage 6.14.10: Pythokritos of Sicyon's six Pythian victories and Olympic honors.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Σακάδας μὲν γὰρ τὸν ἀγῶνα τὸν τεθέντα ὑπὸ Ἀμφικτυόνων οὐκ ὄντα πω στεφανίτην καὶ ἐπʼ ἐκείνῳ στεφανίτας δύο ἐνίκησε, Πυθόκριτος δὲ ὁ Σικυώνιος τὰς ἐφεξῆς τούτων πυθιάδας ἕξ, μόνος δὴ οὗτος αὐλητής· δῆλα δὲ ὅτι καὶ ἐν τῷ ἀγῶνι τῷ Ὀλυμπίασιν ἐπηύλησεν ἑξάκις τῷ πεντάθλῳ. Πυθοκρίτῳ μὲν γέγονεν ἀντὶ τούτων ἡ ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ στήλη καὶ ἐπίγραμμα ἐπʼ αὐτῇ, Πυθοκρίτου τοῦ Καλλινίκου μνᾶμα ταὐλητᾶ τά δε· ἀνέθεσαν δὲ καὶ τὸ κοινὸν τὸ Αἰτωλῶν Κύλωνα, ὃς

English Translation

For Sacadas won the contest established by the Amphictyons before it carried a wreath as a prize, and after it became crowned he also won two more. Pythokritos of Sicyon triumphed in the next six Pythian festivals after these, the only auletes ever to do so. Moreover, clearly he performed the flute accompaniment six times for the pentathlon competition at Olympia as well. At Olympia there is a pillar and an inscription upon it erected in honor of Pythokritos on account of these achievements; the tomb of Pythokritos, son of Kallinikos, the flute-player, bears the following verses. The Aitolian league also dedicated a statue of Cylon, who

Proper Nouns

Aetolians (Αἰτωλοί) other Q20551604
Amphictyons (Ἀμφικτύονες) other
Sicyonian (Σικυώνιος) other
Kallinikos (Καλλίνικος) person
Cylon (Κύλων) person Q433466
Pythokritos (Πυθόκριτος) person Q11941764
Sacadas (Σακάδας) person Q1293998
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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