Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.7.4

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Passage 6.7.4: Dorieus of Rhodes: multi-game victor and Spartan naval ally captured by Athens

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Δωριεῖ δὲ τῷ Διαγόρου παρὲξ ἢ Ὀλυμπίασιν Ἰσθμίων μὲν γεγόνασιν ὀκτὼ νῖκαι, Νεμείων δὲ ἀποδέουσαι μιᾶς ἐς τὰς ὀκτώ· λέγεται δὲ καὶ ὡς Πύθια ἀνέλοιτο ἀκονιτί. ἀνηγορεύοντο δὲ οὗτός τε καὶ ὁ Πεισίροδος Θούριοι, διωχθέντες ὑπὸ τῶν ἀντιστασιωτῶν ἐκ τῆς Ῥόδου καὶ ἐς Ἰταλίαν παρὰ Θουρίους ἀπελθόντες. χρόνῳ δὲ ὕστερον κατῆλθεν ὁ Δωριεὺς ἐς Ῥόδον· καὶ φανερώτατα δὴ ἁπάντων ἀνὴρ εἷς φρονήσας οὗτος τὰ Λακεδαιμονίων φαίνεται, ὥστε καὶ ἐναυμάχησεν ἐναντία Ἀθηναίων ναυσὶν οἰκείαις, ἐς ὃ τριήρων ἁλοὺς Ἀττικῶν ἀνήχθη ζῶν παρὰ Ἀθηναίους.

English Translation

Dorieus, the son of Diagoras, besides his Olympian victory, won eight victories at the Isthmian games, and at the Nemean games he had seven victories, one short of eight. It is also said that he gained a victory in the Pythian games without competition. He and Peisirodus, both of Thurii, were announced as such because they had been driven from Rhodes by their political opponents and had gone to Thurii in Italy. Later, after some time had passed, Dorieus returned to Rhodes, and of all men he appears most clearly to have shown great loyalty toward the Spartans, so much so that he even fought at sea with his own ships against the Athenians, until, captured by Attic triremes, he was brought alive to Athens.

Proper Nouns

Nemean Games (Νέμεα) other
Also in: 6.4.10
Pythian Games (Πύθια) other
Isthmian Games (Ἰσθμοί) other
Diagoras (Διαγόρας) person Q777201
Dorieus (Δωριεύς) person
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Peisidoros (Πεισίροδος) person
Also in: 5.6.8 6.7.2 6.7.3
Athenians (Ἀθηναῖοι) person
Attic (people/ships) (Ἀττικοί) person
Also in: 7.5.5
Thurii (Θοῦριοι) place Q602564
Italy (Ἰταλία) place Q913582
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
Rhodes (Ῥόδος) place Q13533316
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