Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.9.5

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Passage 6.9.5: Gelo of Syracuse and his chariot and statue by Glaukias of Aegina.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

Γέλων δὲ ὁ Σικελίας τυραννήσας Συρακούσας ἔσχεν Ὑβριλίδου μὲν Ἀθήνῃσιν ἄρχοντος, δευτέρῳ δὲ ἔτει τῆς δευτέρας καὶ ἑβδομηκοστῆς Ὀλυμπιάδος, ἣν Τισικράτης ἐνίκα Κροτωνιάτης στάδιον. δῆλα οὖν ὡς Συρακούσιον ἤδη καὶ οὐ Γελῷον ἀναγορεύειν αὑτὸν ἔμελλεν· ἀλλὰ γὰρ ἰδιώτης εἴη ἄν τις ὁ Γέλων οὗτος, πατρός τε ὁμωνύμου τῷ τυράννῳ καὶ αὐτὸς ὁμώνυμος. Γλαυκίας δὲ Αἰγινήτης τό τε ἅρμα καὶ αὐτῷ τῷ Γέλωνι ἐποίησε τὴν εἰκόνα.

English Translation

Gelo, who became tyrant over Sicily, ruled Syracuse when Hybrilides was archon in Athens, in the second year of the seventy-second Olympiad, when Tisicrates of Croton won the stadion. Clearly, therefore, he was already about to proclaim himself of Syracuse rather than of Gela. Yet indeed, this Gelo might have been a private citizen, having the same name as the tyrant and the same patronymic as his father. Glaukias of Aegina made both the chariot and the statue of Gelo himself.

Proper Nouns

Olympiad (Ὀλυμπιάς) other
Aeginetan (Αἰγινήτης) person
Gelo (Γέλων) person Q87192169
Geloian (Γελῷος) person
Glaukias (Γλαυκίας) person Q19720494
Krotoniate (Κροτωνιάτης) person
Syracusan (Συρακούσιος) person
Also in: 5.8.8 10.11.3
Tisicrates (Τισικράτης) person
Hybrilides (Ὑβρίλιδος) person
Sicily (Σικελία) place Q1460
Syracuse (Συρακοῦσαι) place Q4420718
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
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