§6.9.1Θεογνήτῳ δὲ Αἰγινήτῃ πάλης μὲν στέφανον λαβεῖν ὑπῆρξεν ἐν παισί, τὸν δὲ ἀνδριάντα οἱ Πτόλιχος ἐποίησεν Αἰγινήτης.
For Theognetus of Aegina it was granted to win the crown of wrestling among boys; his statue was made by Ptolichus of Aegina.
διδάσκαλοι δὲ ἐγεγόνεσαν Πτολίχῳ μὲν Συννοῶν ὁ πατήρ, ἐκείνῳ δὲ Ἀριστοκλῆς Σικυώνιος, ἀδελφός τε Κανάχου καὶ οὐ πολὺ τὰ ἐς δόξαν ἐλασσούμενος.
As teachers, Ptolichus had his father Synnoon, and the latter had Aristocles of Sicyon, who was a brother of Canachus and not much inferior in reputation.
ἐφʼ ὅτῳ δὲ ὁ Θεόγνητος πίτυος τῆς γʼ ἡμέρου καὶ ῥοιᾶς φέρει καρπόν, ἐμοὶ μὲν οὐχ οἷά τε ἦν συμβαλέσθαι, τάχα δʼ ἂν Αἰγινήταις τισὶν ἐπιχώριος ἐς αὐτὰ ἂν εἴη λόγος.
Why Theognetus carries the fruit of the cultivated pine and a pomegranate, it was not possible for me to conjecture, but perhaps for some of the Aeginetans there might be a local story about these things.
§6.9.2μετὰ δὲ τὴν εἰκόνα τοῦ ἀνδρὸς ὃν Ἠλεῖοί φασιν οὐ γραφῆναι μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων, ὅτι ἐπὶ κάλπης ἀνηγορεύθη δρόμῳ, μετὰ τούτου τὴν εἰκόνα Ξενοκλῆς τε Μαινάλιος ἕστηκε παλαιστὰς καταβαλὼν παῖδας καὶ Ἄλκετος Ἀλκίνου κρατήσας πυγμῇ παῖδας, Ἀρκὰς καὶ οὗτος ἐκ Κλείτορος· καὶ τοῦ μὲν Κλέων, Ξενοκλέους δὲ τὸν ἀνδριάντα Πολύκλειτός ἐστιν εἰργασμένος.
After the statue of the man whom the Eleans say was not recorded with the others, because he was proclaimed victor in the race with the water-jar, after this one stands the statue of Xenocles of Maenalus, who threw the boys in wrestling, and Alcetus, son of Alcinus, who defeated the boys in boxing, he too being an Arcadian from Cleitor; and Cleon made the statue of the former, while Polyclitus wrought the statue of Xenocles.
§6.9.3Ἀριστεὺς δὲ Ἀργεῖος δολίχου μὲν νίκην ἔσχεν αὐτός, πάλης δὲ ὁ πατὴρ τοῦ Ἀριστέως Χείμων· ἑστήκασι μὲν δὴ ἐγγὺς ἀλλήλων, ἐποίησε δὲ τὸν μὲν Παντίας Χῖος παρὰ τῷ πατρὶ δεδιδαγμένος Σωστράτῳ, αἱ δὲ εἰκόνες τοῦ Χείμωνος ἔργον ἐστὶν ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν τῶν δοκιμωτάτων Ναυκύδους, ἥ τε ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ καὶ ἡ ἐς τὸ ἱερὸν τῆς Εἰρήνης τὸ ἐν Ῥώμῃ κομισθεῖσα ἐξ Ἄργους.
Aristeus of Argos won a victory in the long race himself, and Aristeus' father, Cheimon, in wrestling; they indeed stand near each other, and Pantias of Chios, who was taught by his father Sostratus, made the former, while the statues of Cheimon are, in my opinion, the work of the highly esteemed Naucydes, both the one at Olympia and the one brought from Argos to the temple of Peace in Rome.
λέγεται δὲ ὡς Ταυροσθένην καταπαλαίσειεν ὁ Χείμων τὸν Αἰγινήτην καὶ ὡς Ταυροσθένης τῇ Ὀλυμπιάδι τῇ ἐφεξῆς καταβάλοι τοὺς ἐσελθόντας ἐς τὴν πάλην καὶ ὡς ἐοικὸς Ταυροσθένει φάσμα ἐπʼ ἐκείνης τῆς ἡμέρας ἐν Αἰγίνῃ φανὲν ἀπαγγείλειε τὴν νίκην.
And it is said that Cheimon defeated Taurosthenes of Aegina in wrestling, and that Taurosthenes in the following Olympiad threw those who entered for wrestling, and that a phantom resembling Taurosthenes appeared on that very day in Aegina and announced the victory.
§6.9.4Φίλλην δὲ Ἠλεῖον κρατήσαντα παῖδας πάλῃ Σπαρτιάτης Κρατῖνος ἐποίησε.
Philles of Elis, who defeated the boys in wrestling, was made by Cratinus of Sparta.
τὰ δὲ ἐς τὸ ἅρμα τὸ Γέλωνος οὐ κατὰ ταὐτὰ δοξάζειν ἐμοί τε παρίστατο καὶ τοῖς πρότερον ἢ ἐγὼ τὰ ἐς αὐτὸ εἰρηκόσιν, οἳ Γέλωνος τοῦ ἐν Σικελίᾳ τυραννήσαντός φασιν ἀνάθημα εἶναι τὸ ἅρμα.
Concerning the chariot of Gelon, it occurred to me to hold an opinion not in accordance with those who spoke about it before me, who say that the chariot is a dedication of Gelon who was tyrant in Sicily.
ἐπίγραμμα μὲν δή ἐστιν αὐτῷ Γέλωνα Δεινομένους ἀναθεῖναι Γελῷον, καὶ ὁ χρόνος τούτῳ τῷ Γέλωνί ἐστι τῆς νίκης τρίτη πρὸς τὰς ἑβδομήκοντα Ὀλυμπιάδας·
Indeed, there is an inscription on it that Gelon, son of Deinomenes, dedicated it, being a Geloan, and the time of the victory for this Gelon is the seventy-third Olympiad.
§6.9.5Γέλων δὲ ὁ Σικελίας τυραννήσας Συρακούσας ἔσχεν Ὑβριλίδου μὲν Ἀθήνῃσιν ἄρχοντος, δευτέρῳ δὲ ἔτει τῆς δευτέρας καὶ ἑβδομηκοστῆς Ὀλυμπιάδος, ἣν Τισικράτης ἐνίκα Κροτωνιάτης στάδιον.
But Gelon who became tyrant of Sicily held Syracuse when Hybrilides was archon in Athens, in the second year of the seventy-second Olympiad, in which Tisicrates of Croton won the stade-race.
δῆλα οὖν ὡς Συρακούσιον ἤδη καὶ οὐ Γελῷον ἀναγορεύειν αὑτὸν ἔμελλεν· ἀλλὰ γὰρ ἰδιώτης εἴη ἄν τις ὁ Γέλων οὗτος, πατρός τε ὁμωνύμου τῷ τυράννῳ καὶ αὐτὸς ὁμώνυμος.
Clearly, therefore, he would have proclaimed himself as a Syracusan already and not as a Geloan; but in fact, this Gelon must have been some private citizen, bearing the same name as the tyrant, and his father of the same name.
Γλαυκίας δὲ Αἰγινήτης τό τε ἅρμα καὶ αὐτῷ τῷ Γέλωνι ἐποίησε τὴν εἰκόνα.
Glaucias of Aegina made both the chariot and the statue of Gelon himself.
§6.9.6τῇ 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.
In the Olympiad before this, they say that Cleomedes of Astypalaea, while boxing with Iccus, a man of Epidaurus, killed Iccus in the match; having been condemned by the Hellanodikes of having acted unfairly and having been deprived of his victory, he became mad from grief and returned to Astypalaea; and entering there a school of about sixty children in number, he overthrew the pillar which held up the roof.
§6.9.7ἐμπεσόντος δὲ τοῦ ὀρόφου τοῖς παισί, καταλιθούμενος ὑπὸ τῶν ἀστῶν κατέφυγεν ἐς Ἀθηνᾶς ἱερόν· ἐσβάντος δὲ ἐς κιβωτὸν κειμένην ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ καὶ ἐφελκυσαμένου τὸ ἐπίθημα, κάματον ἐς ἀνωφελὲς οἱ Ἀστυπαλαιεῖς ἔκαμνον ἀνοίγειν τὴν κιβωτὸν πειρώμενοι· τέλος δὲ τὰ ξύλα τῆς κιβωτοῦ καταρρήξαντες, ὡς οὔτε ζῶντα Κλεομήδην οὔτε τεθνεῶτα εὕρισκον, ἀποστέλλουσιν ἄνδρας ἐς Δελφοὺς ἐρησομένους ὁποῖα ἐς Κλεομήδην τὰ συμβάντα ἦν.
When the roof fell upon the children, being stoned by the citizens, he fled to the sanctuary of Athena; and having entered a chest lying in the sanctuary and having pulled down the lid, the Astypalaeans spent useless labor trying to open the chest; and at last, having broken open the wood of the chest, when they found Cleomedes neither alive nor dead, they sent men to Delphi to ask what had happened concerning Cleomedes.
§6.9.8τούτοις χρῆσαι τὴν Πυθίαν φασίν· "
ὕστατος ἡρώων Κλεομήδης Ἀστυπαλαιεύς,
ὃν θυσίαις τιμᾶθʼ ἅτε μηκέτι θνητὸν ἐόντα.
To these they say the Pythia gave this oracle: "Last of the heroes is Cleomedes of Astypalaea; honor him with sacrifices as being no longer mortal.
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Κλεομήδει μὲν οὖν Ἀστυπαλαιεῖς ἀπὸ τούτου τιμὰς ὡς ἥρωι νέμουσι·
"¦0 So from that time the Astypalaeans pay honors to Cleomedes as a hero.
§6.9.9παρὰ δὲ τοῦ Γέλωνος τὸ ἅρμα ἀνάκειται Φίλων, τέχνη τοῦ Αἰγινήτου Γλαυκίου.
Beside the chariot of Gelon is dedicated Philon, the work of Glaucias of Aegina.
τούτῳ τῷ Φίλωνι Σιμωνίδης ὁ Λεωπρέπους ἐλεγεῖον δεξιώτατον ἐποίησε· "
πατρὶς μὲν Κόρκυρα, Φίλων δʼ ὄνομʼ· εἰμὶ δὲ Γλαύκου
υἱὸς καὶ νικῶ πὺξ δύʼ Ὀλυμπιάδας.
For this Philon, Simonides, the son of Leoprepes, made a very clever elegiac poem: "My country is Corcyra, my name Philon; I am the son of Glaucus, and I won in boxing at two Olympiads.
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ἀνάκειται καὶ Μαντινεὺς Ἀγαμήτωρ, κρατήσας πυγμῇ παῖδας.
"There is also dedicated Agametor of Mantinea, who defeated the boys in boxing.