Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.8.3

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Passage 6.8.3: Eubotas of Cyrene's precommissioned Olympic victory and dedicated statue.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

Εὐβώτας δὲ ὁ Κυρηναῖος, ἅτε τὴν ἐσομένην οἱ δρόμου νίκην ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ παρὰ τοῦ μαντείου τοῦ ἐν Λιβύῃ προπεπυσμένος, τήν τε εἰκόνα ἐπεποίητο πρότερον καὶ ἐπὶ ἡμέρας τῆς αὐτῆς ἀνηγορεύθη τε νικήσας καὶ ἀνέθηκε τὴν εἰκόνα. λέγεται δὲ καὶ ὡς κρατήσειε καὶ ἅρματι ἐπὶ Ὀλυμπιάδος ταύτης ἣ λόγῳ τῷ Ἠλείων ἐστὶ κίβδηλος τῶν ἀγωνοθετησάντων Ἀρκάδων ἕνεκα.

English Translation

Eubotas of Cyrene, having learned beforehand of his impending victory in the Olympic running race from the oracle in Libya, had already commissioned his statue in advance, and was proclaimed the winner and dedicated the statue on the very same day. It is said also that he won a chariot race at that Olympiad, which the Eleans call illegitimate because the games were administered by the Arcadians.

Proper Nouns

Eubotas (Εὐβώτας) person Q793597
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) person
Eleans (Ἠλεῖοι) person
Kyrenaian (of Cyrene) (Κυρηναῖος) place
Also in: 6.18.1
Libya (Λιβύη) place Q2370577
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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