Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.26.4

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Passage 8.26.4: Coroebus, the first victor at the restored Olympic Games

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἡνίκα δὲ τὸν ἀγῶνα τὸν Ὀλυμπικὸν ἐκλιπόντα ἐπὶ χρόνον πολὺν ἀνενεώσατο Ἴφιτος καὶ αὖθις ἐξ ἀρχῆς Ὀλύμπια ἤγαγον, τότε δρόμου σφίσιν ἆθλα ἐτέθη μόνον καὶ ὁ Κόροιβος ἐνίκησε· καὶ ἔστιν ἐπίγραμμα ἐπὶ τῷ μνήματι ὡς Ὀλυμπίασιν ὁ Κόροιβος ἐνίκησεν καὶ ἀνθρώπων πρῶτος καὶ ὅτι τῆς Ἠλείας ἐπὶ τῷ πέρατι ὁ τάφος αὐτῷ πεποίηται.

English Translation

When Iphitus renewed the Olympic contests after they had been discontinued for a long period and recommenced holding the Olympic Games from the beginning, at first only prizes for running were offered, and Coroebus was victorious. There is an inscription on his tomb stating that Coroebus was the first of men to win at Olympia, and that his grave is situated at the boundary of Elis.

Proper Nouns

Olympic (Ὀλυμπικός) other
Koroibos (Κόροιβος) person
Iphitos (Ἴφιτος) person
Elis (Ἠλεία) place Q6536845
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
Olympia (Ὀλύμπια) place Q38888 Pleiades
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