Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.16.5

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Passage 6.16.5: Statues of Olympic victors from Elis.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τοῦ δὲ Ἀριστείδου ἐγγύτατα Μενάλκης ἕστηκεν Ἠλεῖος, ἀναγορευθεὶς Ὀλυμπίασιν ἐπὶ πεντάθλῳ, καὶ Φιλωνίδης Ζώτου, γένος μὲν ἐκ Χερρονήσου τῆς Κρητῶν, Ἀλεξάνδρου δὲ ἡμεροδρόμος τοῦ Φιλίππου. μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον Βριμίας ἐστὶν Ἠλεῖος, κρατήσας ἄνδρας πυγμῇ, Λεωνίδας τε ἐκ Νάξου τῆς ἐν τῷ Αἰγαίῳ, Ψωφιδίων ἀνάθημα Ἀρκάδων, Ἀσάμωνός τε εἰκὼν ἐν ἀνδράσι πυγμῇ νενικηκότος, ἡ δὲ Νικάνδρου, διαύλου μὲν δύο ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ, Νεμείων δὲ καὶ Ἰσθμίων ἀναμὶξ ἐπὶ δρόμῳ νίκας ἓξ ἀνῃρημένου. ὁ δὲ Ἀσάμων καὶ ὁ Νίκανδρος Ἠλεῖοι μὲν ἦσαν, πεποίηκε δὲ τῷ μὲν Δάιππος τὴν εἰκόνα, Ἀσάμωνι δὲ Πυριλάμπης Μεσσήνιος.

English Translation

Nearest to the statue of Aristeides stands Menalkes of Elis, who was proclaimed winner in the pentathlon at Olympia; and Philonides, the son of Zotos, whose ancestry was from Chersonesos in Crete, who served as the courier (hēmerodromos) for Alexander, son of Philip. Next to him is Brimias from Elis, who won victories in boxing against men, and Leonidas from Naxos, the island in the Aegean; also a dedication from Psophis in Arkadia, representing Asamon, who was victorious boxing among men, and a statue of Nikandros, who won two victories in the double-course race (diaulos) at Olympia and, in addition, six combined victories in running events at Nemea and the Isthmus. Both Asamon and Nikandros were Eleans. The statue of Nikandros was made by Daippos, and that of Asamon by Pyrilampes of Messene.

Proper Nouns

Brimias (Βριμίας) person Q20051146
Daippos (Δάιππος) person Q11916492
Also in: 6.12.6
Zôtos (Ζώτος) person Q12877532
Leonidas (Λεωνίδας) person
Menalkes (Μενάλκης) person
Nicander (Νίκανδρος) person
Pyrilampes (Πυριλάμπης) person
Also in: 6.3.13
Philip (Φίλιππος) person
Philônidês (Φιλωνίδης) person
Alexander (Ἀλέξανδρος) person
Aristeides (Ἀριστείδης) person
Asamon (Ἀσάμων) person
Aegean (Αἰγαῖον) place Q34575 Pleiades
Cretans (Κρῆτες) place Q131841400
Also in: 3.2.4
Messenian (Μεσσήνιος) place
Also in: 4.31.10
Naxos (Νάξος) place Q188527
Nemea (Νέμεια) place Q748108
Also in: 6.3.9
Chersonesus (Χερρόνησος) place
Psophidians (Ψώφιδες) place
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) place Q11906401
Eleian (Ἠλεῖος) place
Isthmus (Ἰσθμός) place Q215200
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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