Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.14.9

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Passage 6.14.9: Statue of Pyrrhus (son of Aeacides) at Olympia.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Μίλωνι μὲν δὴ τοιόνδε τέλος ἐπηκολούθησε· Πύρρον δὲ τὸν Αἰακίδου βασιλεύσαντα ἐν τῇ Θεσπρωτίδι ἠπείρῳ καὶ ἔργα πολλὰ ἐργασάμενον καὶ ἄξια μνήμης, ἃ ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τῷ ἐς Ἀθηναίους ἐδήλωσα, τοῦτον ἐς τὴν Ἄλτιν ἀνέθηκε Θρασύβουλος Ἠλεῖος. παρὰ δὲ τὸν Πύρρον ἀνὴρ μικρὸς αὐλοὺς ἔχων ἐστὶν ἐκτετυπωμένος ἐπὶ στήλῃ. τούτῳ Πυθικαὶ νῖκαι γεγόνασι τῷ ἀνδρὶ δευτέρῳ μετὰ Σακάδαν τὸν Ἀργεῖον·

English Translation

Such indeed was the end that accompanied Milo. As for Pyrrhus, son of Aeacides, who ruled in the Thesprotian territory of Epirus and performed many notable deeds worthy of remembrance, which I have recounted in my account of the Athenians, his statue was dedicated at Olympia by Thrasybulus, an Elean. Near Pyrrhus is carved on a stone pillar a small-statured man holding flutes. This man won victories at the Pythian Games, being the second man after Sacadas the Argive to do so.

Proper Nouns

Pythian (Games) (Πυθικαί) other
Argive (Ἀργεῖος) other Q10417789
Eleian (Ἠλεῖος) other Q5358726
Aeacides (Αἰακίδης) person Q403377
Thrasyboulos (Θρασύβουλος) person Q354403
Milo (Μίλων) person Q338948
Pyrrhus (Πύρρος) person
Sakadas (Σακάδας) person Q1293998
Thesprotis (Θεσπρωτίς) place Q119039542
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
Altis (Ἄλτις) place Q2400346
Epirus (Ἤπειρος) place Q11266977
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