Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.24.1

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Passage 6.24.1: Hellanodikaion above Achilles' tomb; Hellanodikai pair runners and oversee the games

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἑτέρα δὲ ἔξοδος ἐκ τοῦ γυμνασίου φέρει μὲν ἔς τε τὴν ἀγορὰν καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἑλλανοδικαιῶνα καλούμενον, ἔστι δὲ ὑπὲρ τοῦ Ἀχιλλέως τὸν τάφον· καὶ ταύτῃ τοὺς Ἑλλανοδίκας ἰέναι καθέστηκεν ἐς τὸ γυμνάσιον. ἐσίασι δὲ πρὶν μὲν ἥλιον ἀνίσχειν συμβαλοῦντες δρομέας, μεσούσης δὲ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐπὶ τὸ πένταθλον καὶ ὅσα βαρέα ἆθλα ὀνομάζουσιν.

English Translation

Another exit from the gymnasium leads toward the marketplace and to the place called the Hellanodikaion; it is situated above the tomb of Achilles. It is established that the Hellanodikai proceed this way into the gymnasium. They enter before sunrise to pair the runners, and at midday for the pentathlon and the contests they call the heavy events.

Proper Nouns

tomb (τάφος) other
Achilles (Ἀχιλλεύς) person
Hellanodikai (Ἑλλανοδίκαι) person
gymnasium (γυμνάσιον) place Q107031194
Also in: 6.23.8
agora (ἀγορά) place Q395367
Hellanodicaeon (Ἑλλανοδικαιών) place
Also in: 6.24.3
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