Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.17.4

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Passage 6.17.4: Athletic victors from Heraea (Arcadia) and Colophon

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἐνατίωνι δὲ καὶ Ἀλεξιβίῳ, τῷ μὲν ἐν παισὶ σταδίου, Ἀλεξιβίῳ δὲ πεντάθλου γέγονε νίκη, καὶ Ἡραία τε Ἀρκάδων ἐστὶν αὐτῷ πατρὶς καὶ Ἀκέστωρ ὁ τὴν εἰκόνα εἰργασμένος· Ἐνατίωνα δὲ ἧστινος ἦν οὐ δηλοῖ τὸ ἐπίγραμμα, ὅτι δὲ τοῦ Ἀρκάδων ἦν ἔθνους δηλοῖ. Κολοφώνιοι δὲ Ἑρμησιάναξ Ἀγονέου καὶ Εἰκάσιος Λυκίνου τε ὢν καὶ τῆς Ἑρμησιάνακτος θυγατρὸς κατεπάλαισαν μὲν παῖδας ἀμφότεροι, Ἑρμησιάνακτι δὲ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ κοινοῦ τοῦ Κολοφωνίων ὑπῆρξεν ἀνατεθῆναι τὴν εἰκόνα.

English Translation

Enation and Alexibius were victorious—the former won the boys' foot-race, and Alexibius the pentathlon. Their homeland is Heraea in Arcadia, and Acestor was the sculptor who made the statue of Alexibius. The inscription on Enation's image does not make clear whose son he was, but it does indicate that he, too, belonged to the Arcadian people. From Colophon came Hermesianax, son of Agoneus, and Eicasius, the son of Lycinus and the daughter of Hermesianax; both were winners among the boys in wrestling. Furthermore, Hermesianax was granted a statue dedicated by the entire community of Colophon.

Proper Nouns

Colophonians (Κολοφώνιοι) other
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) other
Eikasios (Εἰκάσιος) person Q20197454
Lycinos (Λύκινος) person
Agoneus (Ἀγονεύς) person
Akestor (Ἀκέστωρ) person
Alexibios (Ἀλεξίβιος) person
Enation (Ἐνατίων) person
Hermesianax (Ἑρμησιάναξ) person
Heraia (Ἡραία) place Q3562285
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