Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.14.5

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Passage 6.14.5: Milo of Croton: his wrestling victories and statue by Dameas

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Μίλωνα δὲ τὸν Διοτίμου πεποίηκε μὲν Δαμέας ἐκ Κρότωνος καὶ οὗτος· ἐγένοντο δὲ τῷ Μίλωνι ἓξ μὲν ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ πάλης νῖκαι, μία δὲ ἐν παισὶν ἐξ αὐτῶν, Πυθοῖ δὲ ἔν τε ἀνδράσιν ἓξ καὶ μία ἐνταῦθα ἐν παισίν. ἀφίκετο δὲ καὶ ἕβδομον παλαίσων ἐς Ὀλυμπίαν· ἀλλὰ γὰρ οὐκ ἐγένετο οἷός τε καταπαλαῖσαι Τιμασίθεον πολίτην τε ὄντα αὐτῷ καὶ ἡλικίᾳ νέον, πρὸς δὲ καὶ σύνεγγυς οὐκ ἐθέλοντα ἵστασθαι.

English Translation

Dameas, who was also from Croton, created the statue of Milo, the son of Diotimus. Milo won six wrestling victories at Olympia, one of these as a boy, and at Pytho he gained six victories as a man and another as a boy. He came to Olympia a seventh time to wrestle, but he was unable to prevail over Timasitheus, a fellow-citizen of his who was young in age and who, moreover, refused even to come close to him in combat.

Proper Nouns

Dameas (Δαμέας) person Q11916525
Also in: 10.9.8
Diotimos/Diotimus (Διότιμος) person
Milo (Μίλων) person
Timasitheos (Τιμασίθεος) person
Also in: 6.8.6
Kroton (Κρότων) place Q6681 Pleiades
Also in: 3.3.1 7.25.11
Pytho (Πυθώ) place Q23646657
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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