Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.15.8

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Passage 6.15.8: Eutelidas, Spartan boy victor in wrestling and pentathlon, honored by an ancient statue.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Σπαρτιάτῃ δὲ Εὐτελίδᾳ γεγόνασιν ἐν παισὶ νῖκαι δύο ἐπὶ τῆς ὀγδόης καὶ τριακοστῆς Ὀλυμπιάδος πάλης, ἡ δὲ ἑτέρα πεντάθλου· πρῶτον γὰρ δὴ τότε οἱ παῖδες καὶ ὕστατον πενταθλήσοντες ἐσεκλήθησαν· ἔστι δὲ ἥ τε εἰκὼν ἀρχαία τοῦ Εὐτελίδα, καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ τῷ βάθρῳ γράμματα ἀμυδρὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ χρόνου.

English Translation

Eutelidas, a Spartan, won two victories among the boys during the thirty-eighth Olympiad, one in wrestling and the other in the pentathlon; for it was then that boys competed for the first and last time in the pentathlon. The statue of Eutelidas is ancient, and the letters on its base have become faint with time.

Proper Nouns

Olympiad (Ὀλυμπιάς) other
Eutelidas (Εὐτελίδας) person Q1378789
Sparta (Σπάρτη) place Q5690 Pleiades
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