Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.4.2

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Passage 6.4.2: Athlete's twelve pan-Hellenic victories; Eleans omit his Olympic win.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

γεγόνασι δὲ αὐτῷ Νεμείων μὲν νῖκαι καὶ Ἰσθμίων ἀναμὶξ δυόδεκα, Ὀλυμπίασι δὲ καὶ Πυθοῖ, τῇ μὲν δύο, τρεῖς δὲ ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ. τὴν τετάρτην δὲ Ὀλυμπιάδα ἐπὶ ταῖς ἑκατόν---πρώτην γὰρ δὴ ἐνίκησεν ὁ Σώστρατος ταύτην---οὐκ ἀναγράφουσιν οἱ Ἠλεῖοι, διότι μὴ αὐτοὶ τὸν ἀγῶνα ἀλλὰ Πισαῖοι καὶ Ἀρκάδες ἔθεσαν ἀντʼ αὐτῶν.

English Translation

He gained altogether twelve victories in succession at Nemea and at the Isthmus, two at Delphi, and three at Olympia. The Eleans, however, do not record his Olympic victory at the one hundred and fourth Olympiad—although Sostratos won his first at that time—since it was not they themselves but the Pisatans and Arcadians who presided over the games instead of them.

Proper Nouns

Olympiad (Ὀλυμπιάς) other
Pisatae (Πισαῖοι) people
Also in: 5.6.4
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) people
Eleians (Ἠλεῖοι) people
Sostratos (Σώστρατος) person
Nemea (Νέμεα) place Q748108
Pytho (Πυθώ) place Q23646657
Isthmus (Ἰσθμός) place Q215200
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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