Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.42.9

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Passage 8.42.9: Inscription at Olympia: Hieron's son dedicates gifts for Deinomenes of Syracuse.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ὀνάτα καὶ ταῦτα ποιήματα, καὶ ἐπιγράμματα ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ, τὸ μὲν ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἀναθήματός ἐστιν αὐτῶν, σόν ποτε νικήσας, Ζεῦ Ὀλύμπιε, σεμνὸν ἀγῶνα τεθρίππῳ μὲν ἅπαξ, μουνοκέλητι δὲ δίς, δῶρα Ἱέρων τάδε σοι ἐχαρίσσατο· παῖς δʼ ἀνέθηκε Δεινομένης πατρὸς μνῆμα Συρακοσίου·

English Translation

These also are works of Onatas, and inscriptions in Olympia; one of them, upon a dedication, runs thus: "O Olympian Zeus, having once won your revered contest with his four-horse chariot, and twice with a single steed, Hieron presented to you these gifts; his son dedicated them as memorials of his father Deinomenes of Syracuse."

Proper Nouns

Zeus (Ζεύς) deity
Olympian (Ὀλύμπιος) deity
Deinomenes (Δεινομένης) person Q28556208
Hieron (Ἱέρων) person
Onatas (Ὀνάτας) person
Syrachosian (of Syracuse) (Συρακόσιος) place
Olympia (Ὀλυμπία) place Q38888 Pleiades
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