Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.3.9

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Passage 6.3.9: Statue of Antiochus by Nicodamus, a Leprean victor in pankration and pentathlon.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἀντιόχου δὲ ἀνδριάντα ἐποίησε μὲν Νικόδαμος, γένος δὲ ὁ Ἀντίοχος ἦν ἐκ Λεπρέου· παγκρατίῳ δὲ ἄνδρας ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ μὲν ἐκράτησεν ἅπαξ, ἐν Ἰσθμῷ δὲ καὶ Νεμέᾳ δὶς πεντάθλῳ ἐν ἑκατέρῳ τῷ ἀγῶνι. οὐ γάρ τι Ἰσθμίων Λεπρεάταις δεῖμα ὥσπερ γε αὐτοῖς ἐστιν Ἠλείοις, ἐπεὶ Ὕσμωνί γε τῷ Ἠλείῳ---πλησίον δὲ τοῦ Ἀντιόχου καὶ Ὕσμων οὗτος ἕστηκε---τούτῳ τῷ ἀνδρὶ ἀθλήσαντι πένταθλον ἥ τε Ὀλυμπικὴ νίκη καὶ Νεμείων γέγονεν ἡ ἑτέρα, Ἰσθμίων δὲ δῆλα ὡς καὶ οὗτος κατὰ ταὐτὰ Ἠλείοις τοῖς ἄλλοις εἴργετο.

English Translation

The statue of Antiochus was made by Nicodamus. Antiochus was by birth from Lepreum, and he won at Olympia in the men's pankration once; at the Isthmian and Nemean games he twice won the pentathlon at each of these contests. For the Lepreans have no fear of the Isthmian games, as the Eleans indeed themselves do have. For instance, Hysmon the Elean— whose statue stands next to that of Antiochus—in his athletic career won the pentathlon victory at the Olympic Games and also secured one Nemean victory; yet obviously he, like other Eleans, was barred from competing at the Isthmian Games.

Proper Nouns

Lepreatians (Λεπρεάται) person
Also in: 3.8.5
Nikodamos (Νικόδαμος) person
Antiochus (Ἀντίοχος) person
Eleans (Ἠλεῖοι) person
Hysmon (Ὕσμων) person
Also in: 6.3.10 6.3.11
Lepreon (Λέπρεον) place Q5860679
Also in: 5.5.3 6.3.4 6.15.1
Nemea (Νέμεια) place Q748108
Also in: 6.16.5
Nemea (Νεμέα) place Q748108
Isthmus (Ἰσθμός) place Q215200
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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