Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.9.4

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Passage 6.9.4: Gelon's chariot dedication, dated to the 73rd Olympiad.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

Φίλλην δὲ Ἠλεῖον κρατήσαντα παῖδας πάλῃ Σπαρτιάτης Κρατῖνος ἐποίησε. τὰ δὲ ἐς τὸ ἅρμα τὸ Γέλωνος οὐ κατὰ ταὐτὰ δοξάζειν ἐμοί τε παρίστατο καὶ τοῖς πρότερον ἢ ἐγὼ τὰ ἐς αὐτὸ εἰρηκόσιν, οἳ Γέλωνος τοῦ ἐν Σικελίᾳ τυραννήσαντός φασιν ἀνάθημα εἶναι τὸ ἅρμα. ἐπίγραμμα μὲν δή ἐστιν αὐτῷ Γέλωνα Δεινομένους ἀναθεῖναι Γελῷον, καὶ ὁ χρόνος τούτῳ τῷ Γέλωνί ἐστι τῆς νίκης τρίτη πρὸς τὰς ἑβδομήκοντα Ὀλυμπιάδας·

English Translation

The statue of Phillis, the Elean who defeated boys in wrestling, was made by the Spartan Cratinus. Regarding Gelon's chariot, my own view differs from that of earlier writers who have mentioned this matter before me. These earlier authors claim the chariot was a dedication by Gelon, who ruled as tyrant in Sicily. Indeed, the epigram upon it declares explicitly that Gelon, son of Deinomenes, a native of Gela, dedicated it. The date for this Gelon's victory corresponds with the seventy-third Olympiad.

Proper Nouns

Olympiad (Ὀλυμπιάς) other
Gelo (Γέλων) person Q87192169
Deinomenes (Δεινομένης) person Q28556208
Kratinos (Κρατῖνος) person
Also in: 6.3.6
Spartan (Σπαρτιάτης) person
Philles (Φίλλης) person
Eleians (Ἠλεῖος) person
Gela (Γέλας) place Q58008539
Sicily (Σικελία) place Q1460
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