Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.3.7

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Passage 6.3.7: Eupolemus of Elis' statue and his disputed stadion victory at Olympia

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Εὐπολέμου δὲ Ἠλείου τὴν μὲν εἰκόνα Σικυώνιος εἴργασται Δαίδαλος · τὸ δὲ ἐπίγραμμα τὸ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ μηνύει σταδίου μὲν ἀνδρῶν Ὀλυμπίασι νίκην ἀνελέσθαι τὸν Εὐπόλεμον, εἶναι δὲ καὶ δύο Πυθικοὺς αὐτῷ πεντάθλου στεφάνους καὶ ἄλλον Νεμείων. λέγεται δὲ ἐπὶ τῷ Εὐπολέμῳ καὶ τάδε, ὡς ἐφεστήκοιεν τρεῖς ἐπὶ τῷ δρόμῳ τῷ πέρατι Ἑλλανοδίκαι, νικᾶν δὲ τῷ μὲν Εὐπολέμῳ δύο ἐξ αὐτῶν δοῖεν, ὁ τρίτος δὲ Ἀμβρακιώτῃ Λέοντι, καὶ ὡς χρημάτων καταδικάσαιτο ὁ Λέων ἐπὶ τῆς Ὀλυμπικῆς βουλῆς ἑκατέρου τῶν Ἑλλανοδικῶν οἳ νικᾶν τὸν Εὐπόλεμον ἔγνωσαν.

English Translation

The statue of Eupolemus of Elis was made by Daedalus of Sicyon; according to the inscription upon it, Eupolemus won at Olympia in the men's stadion race, and he had also other crowns, two from Delphi for pentathlon victories and another from Nemea. Moreover, these things are recounted concerning Eupolemus: that at the finish line stood three judges; two of them awarded the victory to Eupolemus, while the third awarded it to Leon of Ambracia. It is further said that Leon brought an action before the Olympic council against each of the two judges who decided Eupolemus the victor, accusing them and causing them to be fined.

Proper Nouns

Daedalus (Δαίδαλος) person Q3712559
Eupolemos (Εὐπόλεμος) person Q5851992
Also in: 2.17.3 8.45.4
Leon (Λέων) person
Sicyonian (Σικυώνιος) person
Ambraciot (Ἀμβρακιώτης) person
Hellanodikai (Ἑλλανοδίκαι) person
Eleians (Ἠλεῖος) person
Nemea (Νέμεα) place Q748108
Pythia (Πύθια) place Q649128
Also in: 6.4.6 6.10.3
Olympic (council) (Ὀλυμπική (βουλή)) place
Olympia (Ὀλύμπια) place Q38888 Pleiades
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