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 Lagus; and Ptolemy, though ruling as king in Egypt, called himself Macedonian in the inscription. A youth, the boxer Chairias of Sicyon, 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 Aeschylus.

Proper Nouns

Macedonian (Μακεδών) other Q3043953
Aeschylus (Αἰσχύλος) person Q40939
Asterion (Ἀστερίων) person Q101545531
Damiskos (Δαμίσκος) person Q20056716
Also in: 6.2.10 6.2.11
Lagus (Λάγος) person Q718154
Ptolemy (Πτολεμαῖος) person Q168261
Chaereas (Χαιρέας) person Q20851861
Chairemon (Χαίρημων) person Q80833382
Egypt (Αἴγυπτος) place Q79 Pleiades
Sicyon (Σικυών) place Q368628 Pleiades
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