Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.15.1

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Passage 6.15.1: Archippos of Mytilene's youthful Panhellenic victories

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

Ἀρχίππῳ δὲ Μιτυληναίῳ τοὺς ἐς τὴν πυγμὴν ἐσελθόντας κρατήσαντι ἄνδρας ἄλλο τοιόνδε προσποιοῦσιν οἱ Μιτυληναῖοι ἐς δόξαν, ὡς καὶ τὸν ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ καὶ Πυθοῖ καὶ Νεμέᾳ καὶ Ἰσθμῷ λάβοι στέφανον ἡλικίαν οὐ πρόσω γεγονὼς ἐτῶν εἴκοσι. τὸν δὲ παῖδα σταδιοδρόμον Ξένωνα Καλλιτέλους ἐν Λεπρέου τοῦ ἐν τῇ Τριφυλίᾳ Πυριλάμπης Μεσσήνιος, Κλεινόμαχον δὲ Ἠλεῖον ὅστις ὁ ποιήσας ἐστὶν οὐκ ἴσμεν· ἀνηγορεύθη δὲ ὁ Κλεινόμαχος ἐπὶ νίκῃ πεντάθλου.

English Translation

The people of Mytilene attribute another considerable honor to Archippos of Mytilene, who won victories in boxing, claiming proudly that he gained crowns at Olympia, Pytho, Nemea, and the Isthmus while he had not yet reached the age of twenty. Xenon, son of Kallitelos, a youth who won the footrace, was depicted at Lepreon in Triphylia by Pyrilampes the Messenian, and Kleinomachos of Elis by an artist whose identity we do not know; Kleinomachos, however, was proclaimed victor in the pentathlon.

Proper Nouns

Kalliteles (Καλλίτελος) person
Kleinomachos (Κλεινόμαχος) person
Messenians (Μεσσήνιος) person
Mytilenaeans (Μιτυληναῖοι) person
Mytilenaean (Μιτυληναῖος) person
Xenon (Ξένων) person
Also in: 7.10.9
Pyrilampes (Πυρίλαμπης) person
Archippos (Ἀρχίππος) person
Eleians (Ἠλεῖος) person
Lepreon (Λέπρεον) place Q5860679
Also in: 5.5.3 6.3.4 6.3.9
Nemea (Νεμέα) place Q748108
Pytho (Πυθώ) place Q23646657
Triphylia (Τριφυλία) place Q472032
Isthmus (Ἰσθμός) place Q215200
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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