Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.14.3

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Passage 6.14.3: Artemidorus's pankration wins; Olympic victor in the 212th Olympiad

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ὡς δὲ ἀφίκετο ἀγῶνος καιρὸς ὃν Σμυρναῖοι Ἰώνων ἄγουσιν, ἐς τοσοῦτο ἄρα αὐτῷ τὰ τῆς ῥώμης ἐπηύξητο ὡς κρατῆσαι παγκρατιάζοντα ἐπὶ ἡμέρας τῆς αὐτῆς τούς τε ἐξ Ὀλυμπίας ἀνταγωνιστὰς καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς παισὶν οὓς ἀγενείους καλοῦσι καὶ τρίτα δὴ ὅ τι ἄριστον ἦν τῶν ἀνδρῶν. γενέσθαι δέ οἱ τὴν ἅμιλλαν πρὸς ἀγενείους τε καὶ ἄνδρας τὴν μὲν ἐκ γυμναστοῦ παρακλήσεώς φασι, τὴν δὲ ἐξ ἀνδρὸς παγκρατιαστοῦ λοιδορίας. ἀνείλετο δὲ ἐν ἀνδράσιν ὁ Ἀρτεμίδωρος Ὀλυμπικὴν νίκην δευτέρᾳ καὶ δεκάτῃ πρὸς διακοσίαις Ὀλυμπιάδι.

English Translation

When the time came for the contest held by the Smyrnaeans among the Ionians, his strength had grown to such an extent that, competing in the pankration, he was able on the same day to overcome both the competitors who had come from Olympia and the youths, called "beardless," and, thirdly, even the best of the men. They say that his contest with the youths resulted from encouragement by his trainer, while that with the men arose from a pankration competitor's taunting. Artemidorus won his Olympic victory among the men in the two hundred and twelfth Olympiad.

Proper Nouns

Olympiad (Ὀλυμπιάς) other
Olympic (Ὀλυμπικός) other
Smyrnaeans (Σμυρναῖοι) person
Artemidoros (Ἀρτεμίδωρος) person
Also in: 6.14.2
Ionians (Ἴωνες) person
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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