Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.3.13

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Passage 6.3.13: Statues of athletes Xenophon (pankration) and Pyrilampes (long race)

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ Δίκωνι ἀνάκειται μὲν Ξενοφῶν Μενεφύλου παγκρατιαστὴς ἀνὴρ ἐξ Αἰγίου τῆς Ἀχαιῶν, ἀνάκειται δὲ Πυριλάμπης Ἐφέσιος λαβὼν δολίχου νίκην. τοῦ μὲν δὴ τὴν εἰκόνα ἐποίησεν Ὄλυμπος , Πυριλάμπει δὲ ὁμώνυμος καὶ ὁ πλάστης, γένος δὲ οὐ Σικυώνιος, ἀλλὰ ἐκ Μεσσήνης τῆς ὑπὸ τῇ Ἰθώμῃ.

English Translation

Upon the statue of Dicon stands Xenophon, son of Menephylus, a competitor in the pankration from Aegium of the Achaeans, and also Pyrilampes of Ephesus, who gained victory in the long-distance race. The statue of the former was made by Olympos, while the sculptor who fashioned Pyrilampes bears the same name as the athlete himself, Pyrilampes; he was not of Sicyonian origin but rather from Messene beneath Ithome.

Proper Nouns

Achaeans (Ἀχαιοί) other
Dikon (Δίκων) person Q5805643
Also in: 6.3.11
Xenophon, son of Menephylos (Ξενοφῶν Μενεφύλου) person
Pyrilampes (Πυριλάμπης) person
Also in: 6.16.5
Olympus (Ὄλυμπος) person
Also in: 10.30.9
Aigion (Αἴγιον) place Q60790078
Messene (Μεσσήνη) place Q1022117
Sicyon (Σικυών) place Q368628 Pleiades
Ephesus (Ἔφεσος) place Q47611
Ithome (Ἰθώμη) place Q602538
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