Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.4.10

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Passage 6.4.10: Evanthes of Cyzicus' boxing victories.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ταῦτα μὲν δὴ καὶ ἐν τοῖς Σπαρτιατικοῖς λόγοις ἐς πλέον ἡμῖν δεδήλωται· Εὐάνθει δὲ Κυζικηνῷ γεγόνασι πυγμῆς νῖκαι, μία μὲν ἐν ἀνδράσιν Ὀλυμπική, Νεμείων δὲ ἐν παισὶ καὶ Ἰσθμίων. πεποίηται δὲ παρὰ τὸν Εὐάνθην ἀνήρ τε ἱπποτρόφος καὶ τὸ ἅρμα, ἀναβεβηκυῖα δὲ ἐπὶ τὸ ἅρμα παῖς παρθένος· ὄνομα μὲν Λάμπος τῷ ἀνδρί, πατρὶς δὲ ἦν αὐτῷ νεωτάτη τῶν ἐν Μακεδονίᾳ πόλεων, καλουμένη δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ οἰκιστοῦ Φιλίππου τοῦ Ἀμύντου.

English Translation

These things indeed have been explained by me more fully in my account of Spartan matters. As for Evanthes of Cyzicus, he achieved victories in boxing, one Olympic victory among men, and victories at Nemea and the Isthmus in the boys' competitions. Next to Evanthes, a chariot has been represented along with a man tending horses, and standing upon the chariot is a maiden girl. The name of the man is Lampos, and his homeland was the youngest city in Macedonia, named after its founder Philip, the son of Amyntas.

Proper Nouns

Nemean Games (Νέμεα) other
Also in: 6.7.4
Isthmian Games (Ἰσθμία) other
Olympic (Ὀλυμπία) other
Euanthes (Εὐάνθης) person
Also in: 7.4.8
Kyzikenos (Κυζικηνός) person
Also in: 6.13.7
Lampos (Λάμπος) person
Spartans (Σπαρτιατικοί) person
Philip (Φίλιππος) person
Amyntas (Ἀμύντας) person
Macedonia (Μακεδονία) place Q83958
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