Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.3.1

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Passage 6.3.1: Ptolemy's dedication and the boxer Chairias' inscribed statue.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Δαμίσκου δὲ ἐγγύτατα ἕστηκεν ἀνὴρ ὅστις δή, τὸ γὰρ ὄνομα οὐ λέγουσιν ἐπʼ αὐτῷ, Πτολεμαίου δὲ ἀνάθημά ἐστι τοῦ Λάγου· Μακεδόνα δὲ αὑτὸν ὁ Πτολεμαῖος ἐν τῷ ἐπιγράμματι ἐκάλεσε, βασιλεύων ὅμως Αἰγύπτου. Χαιρέᾳ δὲ Σικυωνίῳ πύκτῃ παιδὶ ἐπίγραμμά ἐστιν ὡς νικήσειεν ἡλικίαν νέος καὶ ὡς πατρὸς εἴη Χαιρήμονος, γέγραπται δὲ καὶ ὁ τὸν ἀνδριάντα εἰργασμένος Ἀστερίων Αἰσχύλου.

English Translation

Next to Damiskos stands a man whose identity they do not state; indeed, the name is not recorded on the statue. The dedication is by Ptolemy, son of Lagos; and Ptolemy, though ruling as king in Egypt, called himself Macedonian in the inscription. A youth, the boxer Chairias of Sikyon, has an epigram recording that he won victories at a young age and naming his father as Chairemon; the artist who fashioned the statue is also inscribed—Asterion, son of Aischylos.

Proper Nouns

Macedonian (Μακεδών) other
Aeschylus (Αἰσχύλος) person Q40939
Damiskos (Δαμίσκος) person Q20056716
Also in: 6.2.10 6.2.11
Lagos (Λάγος) person
Ptolemy (Πτολεμαῖος) person
Chairemon (Χαίρημων) person
Chaireas (Χαιρέας) person
Asterion (Ἀστερίων) person
Egypt (Αἴγυπτος) place Q79 Pleiades
Sicyon (Σικυών) place Q368628 Pleiades
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