Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.14.11

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Passage 6.14.11: Statues honoring athletic victors Gorgus, Damaretus, Anauchidas, and Anochus

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀριστοτίμου τυραννίδος ἠλευθέρωσεν Ἠλείους. Γόργον δὲ τὸν Εὐκλήτου Μεσσήνιον ἀνελόμενον πεντάθλου νίκην καὶ Δαμάρετον καὶ τοῦτον Μεσσήνιον κρατήσαντα πυγμῇ παῖδας, τὸν μὲν αὐτῶν Βοιώτιος Θήρων , Δαμαρέτου δὲ τὴν εἰκόνα Ἀθηναῖος Σιλανίων ἐποίησεν. Ἀναυχίδας δὲ ὁ Φίλυος Ἠλεῖος πάλης ἔσχεν ἐν παισὶ στέφανον καὶ ἐν ἀνδράσιν ὕστερον· τούτῳ μὲν δὴ τὴν εἰκόνα ὅστις ὁ εἰργασμένος ἐστὶν οὐκ ἴσμεν, Ἄνοχος δὲ ὁ Ἀδαμάτα Ταραντῖνος, σταδίου λαβὼν καὶ διαύλου νίκην, ἐστὶν Ἀγελάδα τέχνη τοῦ Ἀργείου.

English Translation

He liberated the Eleans from the tyranny of Aristotimus. Gorgus, son of Eucletus, a Messenian, who won the victory in pentathlon, and Damaretus, also a Messenian, who gained a victory in boys' boxing, had statues dedicated. The statue of the former was made by the Boeotian Theron, while the Athenian Silanion made the statue of Damaretus. Anauchidas, son of Philys, an Elean, won crowns in boys' wrestling, and later as an adult as well. We do not know who crafted the statue of this athlete. Anochus, son of Adamatas, a native of Tarentum, who earned victories in the stadion and the diaulos race, had a statue by Ageladas, an Argive artist.

Proper Nouns

Gorgos (Γόργος) person Q20851109
Damaretos (Δαμάρετος) person Q20493414
Eukles (Εὐκλῆς) person
Also in: 6.6.2 6.7.2
Theron (Θήρων) person
Messenians (Μεσσήνιος) person
Silanion (Σιλανίων) person
Also in: 6.4.5 6.14.4
Tarentine (Ταραντῖνος) person
Also in: 5.25.7 9.13.1
Philyos (Φίλυος) person
Ageladas (Ἀγελάδας) person
Adamatas (Ἀδάματας) person
Anauchidas (Ἀναυχίδας) person
Also in: 5.27.12
Argive (Ἀργεῖος) person
Aristotimos (Ἀριστότιμος) person
Also in: 5.5.1
Anochos (Ἄνοχος) person
Eleians (Ἠλεῖος) person
Eleians (Ἠλεῖοι) place Q6536845
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