Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.16.4

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Passage 6.16.4: Aristeides of Elis' victories and Hadrian's restoration of the hippios race.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἀριστείδῃ δὲ Ἠλείῳ γενέσθαι μὲν ὅπλου νίκην ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ, γενέσθαι δὲ καὶ διαύλου Πυθοῖ τὸ ἐπίγραμμα τὸ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ δηλοῖ Νεμείων τε ἐν παισὶν ἐπὶ τῷ ἱππίῳ δρόμῳ . δρόμου δέ εἰσι τοῦ ἱππίου μῆκος μὲν δίαυλοι δύο, ἐκλειφθέντα δὲ ἐκ Νεμείων τε καὶ Ἰσθμίων αὐτὸν βασιλεὺς Ἀδριανὸς ἐς Νεμείων ἀγῶνα τῶν χειμερινῶν ἀπέδωκεν Ἀργείοις.

English Translation

An inscription concerning Aristeides of Elis records that he gained a victory in the hoplitodromos at Olympia, and also in the diaulos at Pytho, as well as among the youths in the hippios race at Nemea. The hippios race is two diauloi in length. After it had been discontinued at Nemea and at Isthmia, the emperor Hadrian restored it to the Argives for inclusion in their winter Nemean games.

Proper Nouns

Hadrian (Ἀδριανός) person
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) person
Aristeides (Ἀριστείδης) person
Eleians (Ἠλεῖος) person
Nemea (Νεμέα) place Q748108
Pytho (Πυθώ) place Q23646657
Isthmia (Ἰσθμία) place Q1232123
Also in: 5.2.3 6.7.10
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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