Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.15.9

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Passage 6.15.9: Statues of King Areus and the Olympic victor Gorgus.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

μετὰ δὲ τὸν Εὐτελίδαν Ἀρεύς τε αὖθις ὁ Λακεδαιμονίων βασιλεὺς καὶ Ἠλεῖος παρʼ αὐτὸν ἀνάκειται Γόργος. μόνῳ δὲ ἀνθρώπων ἄχρι ἐμοῦ τῷ Γόργῳ τέσσαρες μὲν ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ γεγόνασιν ἐπὶ πεντάθλῳ, διαύλου δὲ καὶ ὅπλου μία ἐφʼ ἑκατέρῳ νίκη.

English Translation

After Eutelidas, there stands again Areus, king of the Lacedaemonians, and beside him the Eleian Gorgus. Gorgus alone, of all men up to my time, achieved four victories at Olympia in the pentathlon, as well as one victory each in the diaulos race and the race in armor.

Proper Nouns

Gorgos (Γόργος) person Q20851109
Eutelidas (Εὐτελίδας) person Q1378789
Areus (Ἀρεύς) person
Eleians (Ἠλεῖος) person
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαίμονες) place Q16157161
Also in: 3.5.2 4.6.4
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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