Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.9.3

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Passage 6.9.3: Statues of victors Aristeus and wrestler Cheimon, with a phantom tale of Taurosthenes

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

Ἀριστεὺς δὲ Ἀργεῖος δολίχου μὲν νίκην ἔσχεν αὐτός, πάλης δὲ ὁ πατὴρ τοῦ Ἀριστέως Χείμων· ἑστήκασι μὲν δὴ ἐγγὺς ἀλλήλων, ἐποίησε δὲ τὸν μὲν Παντίας Χῖος παρὰ τῷ πατρὶ δεδιδαγμένος Σωστράτῳ, αἱ δὲ εἰκόνες τοῦ Χείμωνος ἔργον ἐστὶν ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν τῶν δοκιμωτάτων Ναυκύδους , ἥ τε ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ καὶ ἡ ἐς τὸ ἱερὸν τῆς Εἰρήνης τὸ ἐν Ῥώμῃ κομισθεῖσα ἐξ Ἄργους. λέγεται δὲ ὡς Ταυροσθένην καταπαλαίσειεν ὁ Χείμων τὸν Αἰγινήτην καὶ ὡς Ταυροσθένης τῇ Ὀλυμπιάδι τῇ ἐφεξῆς καταβάλοι τοὺς ἐσελθόντας ἐς τὴν πάλην καὶ ὡς ἐοικὸς Ταυροσθένει φάσμα ἐπʼ ἐκείνης τῆς ἡμέρας ἐν Αἰγίνῃ φανὲν ἀπαγγείλειε τὴν νίκην.

English Translation

Aristeus, an Argive, himself gained the victory in the dolichos, while his father, Cheimon, was victorious in wrestling. Their statues stand near one another. The statue of Aristeus was made by Pantias of Chios, who had learned his craft from his father Sostratos, while the statues of Cheimon are, in my opinion, among the best works of Naukydes—both the one at Olympia and the one brought from Argos to Rome, placed in the sanctuary of Peace. It is said that Cheimon defeated Taurosthenes of Aegina in wrestling, and that at the following Olympiad Taurosthenes overcame all who entered the wrestling competition. It is also told that on that same day a phantom resembling Taurosthenes appeared in Aegina and announced his victory.

Proper Nouns

Eirene (Εἰρήνη) deity Q214987
Olympiad (Ὀλυμπιάς) other Q223134
Aeginetan (Αἰγινήτης) person
Naukydes (Ναυκύδης) person Q594770
Also in: 2.22.7 6.8.4
Pantias (Παντίας) person Q11802753
Also in: 6.3.11 6.14.12
Sostratos (Σώστρατος) person
Taurosthenes (Ταυροσθένης) person Q20852760
Cheimon (Χείμων) person Q20851858
Chian (Χῖος) person
Also in: 10.9.9
Argive (Ἀργεῖος) person Q11906448
Aristeus (Ἀριστεὺς) person Q20851768
Aegina (Αἴγινα) place Q191082
Argos (Ἄργος) place Q13533353
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
Rome (Ῥώμη) place Q220 Pleiades
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