Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.17.2

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Passage 6.17.2: Statues honoring Herodotus of Klazomenai and Philinos of Kos

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Κλαζομενίου δὲ Ἡροδότου καὶ Φιλίνου τοῦ Ἡγεπόλιδος Κῴου ἀνέθεσαν τὰς εἰκόνας αἱ πόλεις, Κλαζομένιοι μὲν ὅτι ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ Κλαζομενίων πρῶτος ἀνηγορεύθη νικῶν Ἡρόδοτος, ἡ δέ οἱ νίκη σταδίου γέγονεν ἐν παισί, Φιλῖνον δὲ οἱ Κῷοι δόξης ἕνεκα ἀνέθεσαν· ἐν μέν γε Ὀλυμπίᾳ δρόμου γεγόνασιν αὐτῷ νῖκαι πέντε, τέσσαρες δὲ Πυθοῖ καὶ ἴσαι Νεμείων, ἐν δὲ Ἰσθμῷ μία ἐπὶ ταῖς δέκα.

English Translation

The cities dedicated statues of Herodotus of Klazomenai and Philinos, the son of Hegepolis of Kos. The Klazomenians set up the statue because Herodotus was the first from Klazomenai to be proclaimed victor at Olympia, having won in the boys' foot-race. The Koans set up the statue of Philinos in recognition of his fame; at Olympia he won five victories in running, four at Pytho, the same number at Nemea, and at the Isthmus one, making ten victories in all.

Proper Nouns

Philon (Φιλῖνος) person
Hegepolis (Ἡγεπόλις) person
Herodotus (Ἡρόδοτος) person
Clazomenians (Κλαζομένιοι) place
Cos (Κῶς) place Q187027 Pleiades
Nemea (Νέμεα) place Q748108
Pytho (Πυθώ) place Q23646657
Isthmus (Ἰσθμός) place Q215200
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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