Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.8.5

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Passage 6.8.5: Statues of Arcadian victors (wrestling, boxing) and their sculptors.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

μετὰ δὲ τὸν Βαύκιδά εἰσιν ἀθλητῶν Ἀρκάδων εἰκόνες, Εὐθυμένης τε ἐξ αὐτῆς Μαινάλου, νίκας τὴν μὲν ἀνδρῶν πάλης, τὴν δʼ ἔτι πρότερον ἐν παισὶν εἰληφώς, καὶ Ἀζὰν ἐκ Πελλάνας Φίλιππος κρατήσας πυγμῇ παῖδας, καὶ Κριτόδαμος ἐκ Κλείτορος, ἐπὶ πυγμῇ καὶ οὗτος ἀναγορευθεὶς παίδων· τὰς δέ σφισιν εἰκόνας, τὴν μὲν ἐν παισὶ τοῦ Εὐθυμένους Ἄλυπος , τὴν δὲ τοῦ Δαμοκρίτου Κλέων , Φιλίππου δὲ τοῦ Ἀζᾶνος Μύρων τὴν εἰκόνα ἐποίησε. τὰ δὲ ἐς Πρόμαχον τὸν Δρύωνος παγκρατιαστὴν Πελληνέα προσέσται μοι καὶ ταῦτα τῷ ἐς Ἀχαιοὺς λόγῳ.

English Translation

Next after the statue of Baucis come representations of Arcadian athletes. First, Euthymenes from Maenalus itself, who won victories in wrestling both among men and previously among boys; then Philippos the Azanian from Pellana who prevailed in boxing for boys; and Critodamos from Cleitor, also proclaimed victor in boxing among the boys. Of these statues, the one of Euthymenes as a boy was made by Alypos, that of Damocritus by Cleon, and that of Philippos the Azanian by Myron. The account of Promachus, the son of Dryon from Pellene, who won the pankration, will be included by me in the chapter about the Achaeans.

Proper Nouns

Azan (Ἀζάν) person
Alypos (Ἄλυπος) person Q450334
Also in: 6.1.3 10.9.10
Arcadians (Ἀρκάδες) person
Achaeans (Ἀχαιοὶ) person
Baukidas (Βαύκιδας) person
Damocritus (Δαμοκρίτης) person Q15623025
Also in: 7.13.3 7.13.5
Dryon (Δρύων) person
Also in: 7.27.5
Euthymenes (Εὐθυμένης) person Q1378903
Cleon (Κλέων) person Q298220
Critodamos (Κριτόδαμος) person Q20493410
Myron (Μύρων) person Q192211
Promachus (Πρόμαχος) person
Philip (Φίλιππος) person
Cleitor (Κλείτωρ) place Q2537130
Maenalus (Μαίναλον) place Q2703145
Pellana (Πέλλανα) place Q56399014
Also in: 3.1.4 3.21.2
Pellene (Πελλήνη) place Q2068130
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