§6.8.1Σωκράτους δὲ Πελληνέως δρόμου νίκην ἐν παισὶν εἰληφότος καὶ Ἠλείου Ἀμέρτου καταπαλαίσαντος ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ παῖδας, καταπαλαίσαντος δὲ καὶ Πυθοῖ τοὺς ἐλθόντας τῶν ἀνδρῶν, τοῦ μὲν τὸν ποιήσαντα τὴν εἰκόνα οὐ λέγουσι, τὴν δὲ τοῦ Ἀμέρτου Φράδμων ἐποίησεν Ἀργεῖος.
When Socrates of Pellene had won a victory in the boys' foot-race, and Amertas of Elis had defeated the boys in wrestling at Olympia, and had also defeated those of the men who entered at Pytho, of the former they do not tell the maker of his statue, but that of Amertas was made by Phradmon of Argos.
Εὐανορίδᾳ δὲ Ἠλείῳ πάλης ἐν παισὶν ὑπῆρξεν ἔν τε Ὀλυμπίᾳ καὶ Νεμείων νίκη· γενόμενος δὲ Ἑλλανοδίκης ἔγραψε καὶ οὗτος τὰ ὀνόματα ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ τῶν νενικηκότων.
For Evanoridas of Elis there was a victory in wrestling among boys both at Olympia and at the Nemean games; and having become a Hellanodikes, he too wrote down the names of the victors at Olympia.
§6.8.2ἐς δὲ πύκτην ἄνδρα, γένος μὲν Ἀρκάδα ἐκ Παρρασίων, Δάμαρχον δὲ ὄνομα, οὔ μοι πιστὰ ἦν πέρα γε τῆς ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ νίκης ὁπόσα ἄλλα ἀνδρῶν ἀλαζόνων ἐστὶν εἰρημένα, ὡς ἐξ ἀνθρώπου μεταβάλοι τὸ εἶδος ἐς λύκον ἐπὶ τῇ θυσίᾳ τοῦ Λυκαίου Διός, καὶ ὡς ὕστερον τούτων ἔτει δεκάτῳ γένοιτο αὖθις ἄνθρωπος.
But concerning the adult boxer, an Arcadian by race from Parrhasia, named Damarchus, I could not believe, beyond his victory at Olympia, all the other things said by boastful men, how he changed his form from a man into a wolf at the sacrifice of Lycaean Zeus, and how in the tenth year after these things he became a man again.
οὐ μὴν οὐδὲ ὑπὸ τῶν Ἀρκάδων λέγεσθαί μοι τοῦτο ἐφαίνετο ἐς αὐτόν, ἐλέγετο γὰρ ἂν καὶ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἐπιγράμματος τοῦ ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ· ἔχει γὰρ δὴ οὕτως· "
υἱὸς Δινύτα Δάμαρχος τάνδʼ ἀνέθηκεν
εἰκόνʼ ἀπʼ Ἀρκαδίας Παρράσιος γενεάν.
Indeed, neither did this seem to me to be said of him by the Arcadians themselves, for otherwise it would have been mentioned by the epigram at Olympia, which runs as follows: "Damarchus, son of Dinytas, dedicated this statue, a Parrhasian by birth from Arcadia.
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τοῦτο μὲν δὴ ἐς τοσοῦτο πεποίηται·
"This matter, then, may be dismissed at this point.
§6.8.3Εὐβώτας δὲ ὁ Κυρηναῖος, ἅτε τὴν ἐσομένην οἱ δρόμου νίκην ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ παρὰ τοῦ μαντείου τοῦ ἐν Λιβύῃ προπεπυσμένος, τήν τε εἰκόνα ἐπεποίητο πρότερον καὶ ἐπὶ ἡμέρας τῆς αὐτῆς ἀνηγορεύθη τε νικήσας καὶ ἀνέθηκε τὴν εἰκόνα.
Eubotas of Cyrene, since he had learned beforehand from the oracle in Libya of his future victory in the foot-race at Olympia, had his statue made beforehand, and on the same day he was proclaimed victor and dedicated the statue.
λέγεται δὲ ὡς κρατήσειε καὶ ἅρματι ἐπὶ Ὀλυμπιάδος ταύτης ἣ λόγῳ τῷ Ἠλείων ἐστὶ κίβδηλος τῶν ἀγωνοθετησάντων Ἀρκάδων ἕνεκα.
It is also said that he won with a chariot in that Olympiad which, according to the account of the Eleans, is invalid because the Arcadians directed the games.
§6.8.4Κλεωναίῳ δὲ Τιμάνθει παγκρατίου λαβόντι ἐν ἀνδράσι στέφανον καὶ Τροιζηνίῳ Βαύκιδι παλαιστὰς καταβαλόντι ἄνδρας, τῷ μὲν τοῦ Ἀθηναίου Μύρωνος, Βαύκιδι δὲ Ναυκύδους ἐστὶν ὁ ἀνδριὰς ἔργον.
For Timanthes of Cleonae, who won the crown in the pankration among men, and Baucis of Troezen, who threw the men who wrestled, the statue of the former is the work of Myron of Athens, and that of Baucis is the work of Naucydes.
τῷ δὲ Τιμάνθει τὸ τέλος τοῦ βίου συμβῆναί φασιν ἐπὶ αἰτίᾳ τοιᾷδε.
They say that the end of Timanthes' life came about for the following reason.
πεπαῦσθαι μὲν ἀθλοῦντα, ἀποπειρᾶσθαι δὲ ὅμως αὐτὸν ἔτι τῆς ἰσχύος, τόξον μέγα ἐπὶ ἑκάστης τείνοντα τῆς ἡμέρας, ἀποδημῆσαί τε δὴ αὐτὸν καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ τόξῳ τηνικαῦτα ἐκλειφθῆναί οἱ τὴν μελέτην·
He had ceased to compete, but nevertheless he still tested his strength by drawing a great bow each day; then he went abroad, and during this time his practice with the bow was neglected.
ὡς δὲ ἐπανήκων οὐχ οἷός τε ἔτι τεῖναι τὸ τόξον ἐγίνετο, πῦρ ἀνακαύσας ἀφίησι ζῶντα ἐς τὴν πυρὰν αὑτόν.
When on his return he was no longer able to draw the bow, he kindled a fire and threw himself alive into the pyre.
ὁπόσα δὲ ἤδη τοιαῦτα ἐγένετο ἐν ἀνθρώποις ἢ καὶ ὕστερόν ποτε ἔσται, μανία μᾶλλον ἢ ἀνδρία νομίζοιτο ἂν κατά γε ἐμὴν γνώμην.
Whatever deeds of this kind have already occurred among men, or will ever happen hereafter, should, in my opinion at least, be regarded as madness rather than courage.
§6.8.5μετὰ δὲ τὸν Βαύκιδά εἰσιν ἀθλητῶν Ἀρκάδων εἰκόνες, Εὐθυμένης τε ἐξ αὐτῆς Μαινάλου, νίκας τὴν μὲν ἀνδρῶν πάλης, τὴν δʼ ἔτι πρότερον ἐν παισὶν εἰληφώς, καὶ Ἀζὰν ἐκ Πελλάνας Φίλιππος κρατήσας πυγμῇ παῖδας, καὶ Κριτόδαμος ἐκ Κλείτορος, ἐπὶ πυγμῇ καὶ οὗτος ἀναγορευθεὶς παίδων·
After Baucis there are statues of Arcadian athletes: Euthymenes from Maenalus itself, who had won victories, one in wrestling among men and another earlier among boys; and Philippos, an Azanian from Pellene, who won in boxing among boys; and Critodamus of Cleitor, who was also proclaimed victor in boxing among boys.
τὰς δέ σφισιν εἰκόνας, τὴν μὲν ἐν παισὶ τοῦ Εὐθυμένους Ἄλυπος, τὴν δὲ τοῦ Δαμοκρίτου Κλέων, Φιλίππου δὲ τοῦ Ἀζᾶνος Μύρων τὴν εἰκόνα ἐποίησε.
As for their statues, Alypus made the one of Euthymenes as a boy, Cleon made that of Damocritus, and Myron made the statue of Philippos the Azanian.
τὰ δὲ ἐς Πρόμαχον τὸν Δρύωνος παγκρατιαστὴν Πελληνέα προσέσται μοι καὶ ταῦτα τῷ ἐς Ἀχαιοὺς λόγῳ.
The details concerning Promachus, son of Dryon, the pankratiast from Pellene, will be added by me in my account of the Achaeans.
§6.8.6Προμάχου δὲ οὐ πόρρω Τιμασίθεος ἀνάκειται γένος Δελφός, Ἀγελάδα μὲν ἔργον τοῦ Ἀργείου, παγκρατίου δὲ δύο μὲν ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ νίκας, τρεῖς δὲ ἀνῃρημένος Πυθοῖ.
Not far from Promachus is dedicated Timasitheos, a Delphian by race, the work of Ageladas of Argos, who had won two victories at Olympia in the pankration and three at Pytho.
καὶ αὐτῷ καὶ ἐν πολέμοις ἐστὶν ἔργα τῇ τε τόλμῃ λαμπρὰ καὶ οὐκ ἀποδέοντα τῇ εὐτυχίᾳ, πλήν γε δὴ τοῦ τελευταίου· τοῦτο δὲ αὐτῷ θάνατον τὸ ἐγχείρημα ἤνεγκεν.
He also performed deeds in war that were brilliant in courage and not lacking in good fortune, except indeed for the last one; and this enterprise brought him death.
Ἰσαγόρᾳ γὰρ τῷ Ἀθηναίῳ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν τὴν Ἀθηναίων καταλαβόντι ἐπὶ τυραννίδι μετασχὼν τοῦ ἔργου καὶ ὁ Τιμασίθεος—ἐγένετο γὰρ τῶν ἐγκαταληφθέντων ἐν τῇ ἀκροπόλει—θάνατον ζημίαν εὕρετο τοῦ ἀδικήματος παρὰ Ἀθηναίων.
For when Isagoras the Athenian seized the Athenian acropolis for a tyranny, Timasitheos also took part in the deed—for he was one of those besieged on the acropolis—and found from the Athenians death as the penalty for his wrongdoing.