Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.9.6

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Passage 6.9.6: Kleomedes of Astypalaia crushes about sixty children by toppling a school pillar

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τῇ δὲ Ὀλυμπιάδι τῇ πρὸ ταύτης Κλεομήδην φασὶν Ἀστυπαλαιέα ὡς Ἴκκῳ πυκτεύων ἀνδρὶ Ἐπιδαυρίῳ τὸν Ἴκκον ἀποκτείνειεν ἐν τῇ μάχῃ, καταγνωσθεὶς δὲ ὑπὸ τῶν Ἑλλανοδικῶν ἄδικα εἰργάσθαι καὶ ἀφῃρημένος τὴν νίκην ἔκφρων ἐγένετο ὑπὸ τῆς λύπης καὶ ἀνέστρεψε μὲν ἐς Ἀστυπάλαιαν, διδασκαλείῳ δʼ ἐπιστὰς ἐνταῦθα ὅσον ἑξήκοντα ἀριθμὸν παίδων ἀνατρέπει τὸν κίονα ὃς τὸν ὄροφον ἀνεῖχεν.

English Translation

In the Olympiad preceding this, they say Kleomedes of Astypalaia, boxing against Ikkos, a man from Epidauros, killed Ikkos in the match. After the judges declared his actions illegal and stripped him of his victory, Kleomedes, driven mad by grief, returned to Astypalaia. There, entering a school, he overturned the pillar supporting the ceiling, crushing about sixty children.

Proper Nouns

Hellanodikai (Ἑλλανοδίκαι) other
Also in: 6.2.2
Olympiad (Ὀλυμπιάς) other
Kleomedes (Κλεομήδης) person
Ikkos (Ἴκκος) person
Also in: 6.10.5 6.10.6
Astypalaea (Ἀστυπάλαια) place Q216768
Epidaurus (Ἐπίδαυρος) place Q233576
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