Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.4.1

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Passage 6.4.1: Statues of Athenaios and Sostratos (Akrochersites)

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἔχεται δὲ τοῦ Λυσάνδρου τῆς εἰκόνος Ἐφέσιός τε πύκτης τοὺς ἐλθόντας κρατήσας τῶν παίδων---ὄνομα δέ οἱ ἦν Ἀθήναιος---καὶ Σικυώνιος Σώστρατος παγκρατιαστὴς ἀνήρ, ἐπίκλησις δὲ ἦν Ἀκροχερσίτης αὐτῷ· παραλαμβανόμενος γὰρ ἄκρων τοῦ ἀνταγωνιζομένου τῶν χειρῶν ἔκλα, καὶ οὐ πρότερον ἀνίει πρὶν ἢ αἴσθοιτο ἀπαγορεύσαντος.

English Translation

Next to the statue of Lysander stands an Ephesian boxer who defeated all comers among the boys—his name was Athenaios—and a Sicyonian man named Sostratos, a pancratiast nicknamed Akrochersites ("the finger-tips man"), because he would grasp the fingertips of his opponent's hands and break them; nor would he release them until he perceived that his opponent had admitted defeat.

Proper Nouns

Akrochersites (Ἀκροχερσίτης) other
Lysander (Λύσανδρος) person
Sicyonian (Σικυώνιος) person
Sostratos (Σώστρατος) person
Athenaios (Ἀθήναιος) person
Ephesian (Ἐφέσιος) person
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