Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.2.1

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Passage 6.2.1: Statue of the pankratiast Xenarkes by Lysippos

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

παγκρατιαστοῦ δὲ ἀνδρὸς τὸν μὲν ἀνδριάντα εἰργάσατο Λύσιππος · ὁ δὲ ἀνὴρ οὗτος ἀνείλετο ἐπὶ παγκρατίῳ νίκην τῶν ἄλλων τε Ἀκαρνάνων καὶ τῶν ἐξ αὐτῆς Στράτου πρῶτος Ξενάρκης τε ἐκαλεῖτο Φιλανδρίδου. Λακεδαιμόνιοι δὲ ἄρα μετὰ τὴν ἐπιστρατείαν τοῦ Μήδου διετέθησαν πάντων φιλοτιμότατα Ἑλλήνων πρὸς ἵππων τροφάς. χωρὶς γὰρ ἢ ὅσους αὐτῶν κατέλεξα ἤδη, τοσοίδε ἄλλοι τῶν ἐκ Σπάρτης ἱπποτρόφων μετὰ τὴν εἰκόνα ἀνάκεινται τοῦ Ἀκαρνᾶνος ἀθλητοῦ, Ξενάρκης καὶ Λυκῖνος Ἀρκεσίλαός τε καὶ ὁ παῖς τοῦ Ἀρκεσιλάου Λίχας.

English Translation

The statue of the pankratiast was made by Lysippos. This man was Xenarkes, son of Philandrides, who was the first from among the Acarnanians altogether and from the city of Stratos itself to win the pankration victory. Now the Lacedaemonians, after the invasion of the Mede, became the most ambitious of all Greeks in breeding horses. For besides those whom I have already enumerated, these additional Spartans renowned as breeders of horses are listed after the statue of the Acarnanian athlete: Xenarkes, Lykinos, Arkesilaos, and Lichas, the son of Arkesilaos.

Proper Nouns

Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) people
Acarnanians (Ἀκαρνάνες) people
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) people
Lichas (Λίχας) person
Lycinos (Λυκῖνος) person
Also in: 6.2.2 6.7.9 6.10.9
Lysippos (Λύσιππος) person
Medus (Μήδος) person
Also in: 9.6.3
Xenarches (Ξενάρκης) person
Also in: 6.2.2
Philandrides (Φιλανδρίδης) person
Acarnan (Ἀκαρνάν) person
Also in: 4.25.3 8.24.9
Arkesilaos (Ἀρκεσίλαος) person
Sparta (Σπάρτη) place Q5690 Pleiades
Stratos (Στράτος) place Q25408797
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