Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.16.8

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Passage 6.16.8: Deinosthenes' pillar in the Altis noting 660 stadia to Lacedaemon

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Λακεδαιμονίῳ δὲ Δεινοσθένει σταδίου τε ἐγένετο ἐν ἀνδράσιν Ὀλυμπικὴ νίκη καὶ στήλην ἐν τῇ Ἄλτει παρὰ τὸν ἀνδριάντα ἀνέθηκεν ὁ Δεινοσθένης· ὁδοῦ δὲ τῆς ἐς Λακεδαίμονα ἐξ Ὀλυμπίας ἐπὶ ἑτέραν στήλην τὴν ἐν Λακεδαίμονι μέτρα φησὶν εἶναι σταδίους ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἑξακοσίους. Θεόδωρον δὲ λαβόντα ἐπὶ πεντάθλῳ νίκην καὶ Πύτταλον Λάμπιδος πυγμῇ παῖδας κρατήσαντα καὶ Νε ο λαΐδαν σταδίου τε ἀνελόμενον καὶ ὅπλου στέφανον, Ἠλείους σφᾶς ὄντας ἴστω τις· ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ Πυττάλῳ καὶ τάδε ἔτι λέγουσιν, ὡς γενομένης πρὸς Ἀρκάδας Ἠλείοις ἀμφισβητήσεως περὶ γῆς ὅρων εἶπεν οὗτος ὁ Πύτταλος τὴν δίκην· ὁ δέ οἱ ἀνδριὰς ἔργον ἐστὶν Ὀλυνθίου Σθέν ν ιδος .

English Translation

The Lacedaemonian Deinosthenes won an Olympic victory in the men's footrace, and set up a pillar in the Altis beside his statue. On this pillar Deinosthenes states that the distance along the road from Olympia to another pillar in Lacedaemon is six hundred and sixty stadia. Let it be known that Theodorus, who won a victory in the pentathlon, Pyttalos, the son of Lampis, victorious in boxing among the boys, and Neolaidas, who gained crowns in both the stadion race and the race in armor, were Eleans. Concerning Pyttalos the Eleans also relate this story: when there arose a dispute between the Eleans and the Arcadians about boundaries of land, Pyttalos decided the litigation. His statue is a work by Sthennis of Olynthus.

Proper Nouns

Deinosthenes (Δεινοσθένης) person Q19720498
Theodoros (Θεόδωρος) person
Lampis (Λάμπις) person
Also in: 5.5.1 5.8.7 6.15.7
Lacedaemonian (Λακεδαιμόνιος) person
Neolaidas (Νεολαΐδας) person
Pyttalos (Πύτταλος) person
Sthenis (Σθεννίς) person
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) person
Eleans (Ἠλεῖοι) person
Olynthius (Ὀλύνθιος) person
Also in: 6.17.5
Lacedaemon (Λακεδαίμων) place Q5690 Pleiades
Altis (Ἄλτις) place Q2400346
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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