Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.3.11

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Passage 6.3.11: Statue of Nicostratus, a boy wrestler from Heraea.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

μετὰ δὲ Ὕσμωνα παλαιστὴς παῖς ἐξ Ἡραίας ἀνάκειται τῆς Ἀρκάδων, Νικόστρατος Ξενοκλείδου· Παντίας δὲ αὐτῷ τὴν εἰκόνα ἐποίησεν, ὃς ἀπὸ Ἀριστοκλέους τοῦ Σικυωνίου καταριθμουμένῳ τοὺς διδαχθέντας ἕβδομος ἀπὸ τούτου ἦν μαθητής. Δίκων δὲ ὁ Καλλιβρότου πέντε μὲν Πυθοῖ δρόμου νίκας, τρεῖς δὲ ἀνείλετο Ἰσθμίων, τέσσαρας δὲ ἐν Νεμέᾳ, καὶ Ὀλυμπικὰς μίαν μὲν ἐν παισί, δύο δὲ ἄλλας ἀνδρῶν· καί οἱ καὶ ἀνδριάντες ἴσοι ταῖς νίκαις εἰσὶν ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ. παιδὶ μὲν δὴ ὄντι αὐτῷ Καυλωνιάτῃ, καθάπερ γε καὶ ἦν, ὑπῆρξεν ἀναγορευθῆναι· τὸ δὲ ἀπὸ τούτου Συρακούσιον αὑτὸν ἀνηγόρευσεν ἐπὶ χρήμασι.

English Translation

Next after Hysmon lies a statue dedicated to a boy wrestler from Heraea in Arcadia, Nicostratus, son of Xenocleides. Pantias made this statue; he was the seventh pupil in succession from Aristocles the Sicyonian, when counting through his line of teachers. Dicon, the son of Callibrotus, won five foot-race victories at Pytho, three victories at the Isthmian games, four at Nemea, and in Olympia one victory as a boy and another two as a man. At Olympia he has statues equal in number to his victories. When he first won a victory as a boy he was proclaimed as being from Caulonia, as indeed he originally was; afterward he had himself proclaimed from Syracuse in exchange for money.

Proper Nouns

Kauloniates (from Kaulonia) (Καυλωνιάτης) other
Sicyonian (Σικυώνιος) other
Syracusan (Συρακούσιος) other
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) other
Isthmian Games (Ἰσθμία) other
Dikon (Δίκων) person Q5805643
Also in: 6.3.13
Kallibrotos (Καλλίβροτος) person
Nikostratos (Νικόστρατος) person
Xenokleides (Ξενοκλεῖδης) person
Pantias (Παντίας) person
Also in: 6.9.3 6.14.12
Aristokles (Ἀριστοκλῆς) person
Hysmon (Ὕσμων) person
Also in: 6.3.9 6.3.10
Nemea (Νεμέα) place Q748108
Pytho (Delphi) (Πυθοῖ) place Q108423415
Also in: 6.15.3
Heraia (Ἡραία) place Q3562285
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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