Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.7.1

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Passage 6.7.1: Statues of Diagoras of Rhodes and his victorious sons.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ταῦτα μὲν δὴ ἐς τοσοῦτο εἰρήσθω· μετὰ δὲ τὸν ἀνδριάντα τοῦ Εὐθύμου Πύθαρχός τε ἕστηκε Μαντινεὺς σταδιοδρόμος καὶ πύκτης Ἠλεῖος Χαρμίδης, λαβόντες νίκας ἐπὶ παισί. θεασάμενος δὲ καὶ τούτους ἐπὶ τῶν Ῥοδίων ἀθλητῶν ἀφίξῃ τὰς εἰκόνας, Διαγόραν καὶ τὸ ἐκείνου γένος· οἱ δὲ συνεχεῖς τε ἀλλήλοις καὶ ἐν κόσμῳ τοιῷδε ἀνέκειντο, Ἀκουσίλαος μὲν λαβὼν πυγμῆς ἐν ἀνδράσι στέφανον, Δωριεὺς δὲ ὁ νεώτατος παγκρατίῳ νικήσας Ὀλυμπιάσιν ἐφεξῆς τρισί. πρότερον δὲ ἔτι τοῦ Δωριέως ἐκράτησε καὶ Δαμάγητος τοὺς ἐσελθόντας ἐς τὸ παγκράτιον.

English Translation

Let this suffice as regards these matters. After the statue of Euthymus, there stands Pytharchus of Mantinea, a runner in the stadion, and Charmides of Elis, a boxer; both had won victories as boys. After observing these figures, you reach the images of the Rhodian athletes, Diagoras and his family. They are placed together in a continuous group, in the following order: Acusilaus, who gained a crown in boxing among men, and next the youngest, Dorieus, who won the pankration at Olympia three consecutive times. Even before Dorieus, Damagetus had also triumphed over all who entered the pankration.

Proper Nouns

Olympiad (Ὀλυμπιάς) other
Damagetus (Δαμάγητος) person Q11916513
Also in: 4.24.3
Diagoras (Διαγόρας) person Q777201
Dorieus (Δωριεύς) person
Euthymos (Εὔθυμος) person Q8846610
Pytharchos (Πύθαρχος) person
Charmides (Χαρμίδης) person
Also in: 3.2.7 5.10.2
Acusilaus (Ἀκουσίλαος) person
Also in: 2.16.4 6.7.3
Mantineus (Μαντινεύς) place
Also in: 6.10.9
Eleian (Ἠλεῖος) place
Rhodians (Ῥόδιοι) place Q12884165
Also in: 1.6.6 3.19.10
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