§6.14.8ἀποθανεῖν δὲ ὑπὸ θηρίων φασὶν αὐτόν· ἐπιτυχεῖν γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ Κροτωνιάτιδι αὐαινομένῳ ξύλῳ, σφῆνες δὲ ἐγκείμενοι διίστασαν τὸ ξύλον· ὁ δὲ ὑπὸ φρονήματος ὁ Μίλων καθίησι τὰς χεῖρας ἐς τὸ ξύλον, ὀλισθάνουσί τε δὴ οἱ σφῆνες καὶ ἐχόμενος ὁ Μίλων ὑπὸ τοῦ ξύλου λύκοις ἐγίνετο εὕρημα.
They say that he died by wild beasts; for he came upon a drying tree in the territory of Croton, which was kept split by wedges inserted in it; Milon out of pride put his hands into the tree, and the wedges slipped out, and Milon, being held fast by the tree, became a prey to wolves.
μάλιστα δέ πως τὸ θηρίον τοῦτο ἐν τῇ Κροτωνιάτιδι πολύ τε νέμεται καὶ ἄφθονον.
For this wild beast is particularly numerous and abundant in the territory of Croton.
§6.14.9Μίλωνι μὲν δὴ τοιόνδε τέλος ἐπηκολούθησε·
Such was the end that overtook Milon.
Πύρρον δὲ τὸν Αἰακίδου βασιλεύσαντα ἐν τῇ Θεσπρωτίδι ἠπείρῳ καὶ ἔργα πολλὰ ἐργασάμενον καὶ ἄξια μνήμης, ἃ ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τῷ ἐς Ἀθηναίους ἐδήλωσα, τοῦτον ἐς τὴν Ἄλτιν ἀνέθηκε Θρασύβουλος Ἠλεῖος.
As for Pyrrhus, the son of Aeacides, who ruled over the Thesprotian mainland and achieved many memorable deeds, which I have declared in my account concerning the Athenians, Thrasybulus the Elean dedicated him in the Altis.
παρὰ δὲ τὸν Πύρρον ἀνὴρ μικρὸς αὐλοὺς ἔχων ἐστὶν ἐκτετυπωμένος ἐπὶ στήλῃ.
Beside Pyrrhus is a small man with flutes, carved in relief on a stele.
τούτῳ Πυθικαὶ νῖκαι γεγόνασι τῷ ἀνδρὶ δευτέρῳ μετὰ Σακάδαν τὸν Ἀργεῖον· §6.14.10Σακάδας μὲν γὰρ τὸν ἀγῶνα τὸν τεθέντα ὑπὸ Ἀμφικτυόνων οὐκ ὄντα πω στεφανίτην καὶ ἐπʼ ἐκείνῳ στεφανίτας δύο ἐνίκησε, Πυθόκριτος δὲ ὁ Σικυώνιος τὰς ἐφεξῆς τούτων πυθιάδας ἕξ, μόνος δὴ οὗτος αὐλητής· δῆλα δὲ ὅτι καὶ ἐν τῷ ἀγῶνι τῷ Ὀλυμπίασιν ἐπηύλησεν ἑξάκις τῷ πεντάθλῳ.
This man achieved Pythian victories, being the second to do so after Sacadas of Argos; for Sacadas won the contest established by the Amphictyons when it was not yet for a crown, and twice after that when it was for a crown; and Pythocritus of Sicyon won the six Pythiads next following these, being the only flute-player to do so; and it is clear that he also played the flute six times at the Olympic games for the pentathlon.
Πυθοκρίτῳ μὲν γέγονεν ἀντὶ τούτων ἡ ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ στήλη καὶ ἐπίγραμμα ἐπʼ αὐτῇ,
"
Πυθοκρίτου
τοῦ Καλλινίκου μνᾶμα ταὐλητᾶ τάδε· "
ἀνέθεσαν δὲ καὶ τὸ κοινὸν τὸ Αἰτωλῶν Κύλωνα, ὃς
To Pythocritus, in return for these, was given the stele at Olympia, and on it is the inscription: "This is the monument of the flute-player Pythocritus, son of Callinicus." And the common league of the Aetolians also dedicated Cylon, who freed the Eleans from the tyranny of Aristotimus.
§6.14.11ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀριστοτίμου τυραννίδος ἠλευθέρωσεν Ἠλείους. Γόργον δὲ τὸν Εὐκλήτου Μεσσήνιον ἀνελόμενον πεντάθλου νίκην καὶ Δαμάρετον καὶ τοῦτον Μεσσήνιον κρατήσαντα πυγμῇ παῖδας, τὸν μὲν αὐτῶν Βοιώτιος Θήρων, Δαμαρέτου δὲ τὴν εἰκόνα Ἀθηναῖος Σιλανίων ἐποίησεν.
As for Gorgus of Messene, son of Eucletus, who won a victory in the pentathlon, and Damaretus, also a Messenian, who won the boys' boxing, Theron of Boeotia made the statue of the former, and Silanion the Athenian made that of Damaretus.
Ἀναυχίδας δὲ ὁ Φίλυος Ἠλεῖος πάλης ἔσχεν ἐν παισὶ στέφανον καὶ ἐν ἀνδράσιν ὕστερον· τούτῳ μὲν δὴ τὴν εἰκόνα ὅστις ὁ εἰργασμένος ἐστὶν οὐκ ἴσμεν, Ἄνοχος δὲ ὁ Ἀδαμάτα Ταραντῖνος, σταδίου λαβὼν καὶ διαύλου νίκην, ἐστὶν Ἀγελάδα τέχνη τοῦ Ἀργείου.
Anauchidas, son of Philys, an Elean, won the crown for wrestling in the boys' class, and later in the men's; we do not know who made his statue, but Anochus of Tarentum, son of Adamatas, who won victories in the stade and the double-stade, is the work of Ageladas of Argos.
§6.14.12παῖδα δὲ ἐφʼ ἵππου καθήμενον καὶ ἑστηκότα ἄνδρα παρὰ τὸν ἵππον φησὶ τὸ ἐπίγραμμα εἶναι Ξενόμβροτον ἐκ Κῶ τῆς Μεροπίδος, ἐπὶ ἵππου νίκῃ κεκηρυγμένον, Ξενόδικον δὲ ἐπὶ πυγμῇ παίδων ἀναγορευθέντα· τὸν μὲν Παντίας αὐτῶν, Ξενόμβροτον δὲ Φιλότιμος Αἰγινήτης ἐποίησε.
The inscription says that the boy sitting on the horse and the man standing beside the horse are Xenombrotus of Kos, offshoot of Merops, who was proclaimed victor in the horse-race, and Xenodicus, who was declared victor in the boys' boxing; Pantias made the latter of them, and Philotimus of Aegina made Xenombrotus.
Πύθου δὲ τοῦ Ἀνδρομάχου, γένος ἀνδρὸς ἐξ Ἀβδήρων, ἐποίησε μὲν Λύσιππος, ἀνέθεσαν δὲ οἱ στρατιῶται δύο εἰκόνας· εἶναι δὲ ἡγεμών τις ξένων ἢ καὶ ἄλλως τὰ πολεμικὰ ἀγαθὸς ὁ Πύθης ἔοικε.
Lysippus made the statue of Pythes, son of Andromachus, a man of Abdera by birth, and the soldiers dedicated two statues of him; Pythes seems to have been a commander of mercenaries or otherwise excellent in war.
§6.14.13κεῖνται δὲ καὶ ἐν παισὶν εἰληφότες δρόμου νίκας Μενεπτόλεμος ἐξ Ἀπολλωνίας τῆς ἐν τῷ Ἰονίῳ κόλπῳ καὶ Κορκυραῖος Φίλων, ἐπὶ δὲ αὐτοῖς Ἱερώνυμος Ἄνδριος, ὃς τὸν Ἠλεῖον Τισαμενὸν πενταθλοῦντα ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ κατεπάλαισε τὸν Ἕλλησιν ὕστερον τούτων ἐναντία Μαρδονίου καὶ Μήδων Πλαταιᾶσι μαντευσάμενον.
There are also placed statues of those who won victories in the foot-race in the boys' class: Meneptolemus from Apollonia on the Ionian Gulf, and Philon of Corcyra; and next to them is Hieronymus of Andros, who overcame in wrestling the Elean Tisamenus when the latter was competing in the pentathlon at Olympia—this Tisamenus who afterwards acted as seer for the Greeks at Plataea against Mardonius and the Medes.
οὗτός τε δὴ ὁ Ἱερώνυμος ἀνάκειται καὶ παρʼ αὐτὸν παλαιστὴς παῖς, Ἄνδριος καὶ οὗτος, Προκλῆς ὁ Λυκαστίδα· τοῖς πλάσταις δὲ οἳ τοὺς ἀνδριάντας ἐποίησαν, τῷ μὲν Στόμιός ἐστιν ὄνομα, τῷ δὲ τὸν Προκλέα εἰργασμένῳ Σῶμις.
This Hieronymus, then, is dedicated, and beside him is a boy wrestler, also of Andros, Procles the son of Lycastidas; and as for the sculptors who made their statues, the name of the one is Stomios, and of the other who made Procles, Somis.
Αἰσχίνῃ δὲ Ἠλείῳ νῖκαί τε δύο ἐγένοντο πεντάθλου καὶ ἴσαι ταῖς νίκαις αἱ εἰκόνες.
Aeschines the Elean had two victories in the pentathlon, and he has statues equal in number to his victories.