Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.2.11

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Passage 6.2.11: Damiskos: Olympic boys' race winner; later pentathlon victor at Nemea and Isthmia.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

συγκατῆλθε μέντοι Μεσσηνίοις ἐς Πελοπόννησον καὶ ἡ περὶ τὸν ἀγῶνα τύχη τὸν Ὀλυμπικόν· ἐνιαυτῷ γὰρ ὕστερον τοῦ οἰκισμοῦ τοῦ Μεσσήνης ἀγόντων Ὀλύμπια Ἠλείων ἐνίκα στάδιον παῖδας ὁ Δαμίσκος οὗτος, καί οἱ καὶ πενταθλήσαντι ὕστερον ἐγένοντο ἐν Νεμέᾳ τε νῖκαι καὶ Ἰσθμοῖ.

English Translation

The fortune of the Olympic contests also accompanied the Messenians upon their return into the Peloponnese. For, in the year following the founding of Messene, when the Eleans were celebrating the Olympian games, this very Damiskos won the footrace for boys; and afterward, when he competed as a pentathlete, he gained victories at both Nemea and Isthmia.

Proper Nouns

Olympic (Ὀλυμπικός) other

Also in: 3.8.3 5.4.5 5.6.7 5.12.5 6.14.3 8.2.2 8.26.4

Olympic Games (Ὀλύμπια) other

Also in: 3.15.1 5.4.5 5.5.3 5.8.2 5.15.3 5.15.12 5.20.1 6.14.2 6.20.9 6.22.2 ... +2 more

Damiskos (Δαμίσκος) person Q20056716

Also in: 6.2.10 6.3.1

Messenians (Μεσσήνιοι) person

Also in: 1.13.6 2.26.7 3.1.4 3.2.6 3.3.1 3.3.2 3.3.4 3.3.5 3.7.4 3.7.6 ... +155 more

Eleans (Ἠλεῖοι) person

Also in: 1.29.13 2.26.2 3.8.3 3.8.4 3.8.5 3.21.1 4.15.7 4.15.8 4.17.7 4.20.2 ... +105 more

Messene (Μεσσήνη) place Q1022117

Also in: 1.25.4 2.20.5 3.1.5 3.3.2 4.1.3 4.1.4 4.1.8 4.1.9 4.3.8 4.4.3 ... +46 more

Nemea (Νεμέα) place Q748108

Also in: 1.22.7 1.27.9 1.29.5 2.15.2 2.15.3 2.19.5 2.20.7 5.11.5 5.25.7 5.26.7 ... +19 more

Peloponnese (Πελοπόννησος) place Q78967

Also in: 1.3.4 1.13.4 1.13.7 1.25.4 1.27.10 1.32.6 1.41.2 2.1.1 2.1.2 2.1.5 ... +82 more

Isthmus (Ἰσθμός) place Q215200

Also in: 1.44.8 2.1.4 2.1.5 2.2.2 2.5.7 2.8.5 3.9.1 5.3.6 6.1.8 6.3.9 ... +17 more

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