Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Art by Walter Woodburn Hyde
21. Euryleonis, a victress of Sparta.[2497] Pausanias says that she
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had a statue in her native city near the so-called Σκήνωμα, “Tent”
(III, 17.6). Curtius has suggested that this may be the small building
mentioned by Thukydides as the place where King Pausanias took refuge
when pursued by the ephors.[2498]
Chapters
1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter V relates chiefly to the monuments of hippodrome victors, those
3. Chapter VI gives a stylistic analysis of what are conceived to be
4. CHAPTER I.
5. CHAPTER II.
6. CHAPTER III.
7. CHAPTER IV.
8. CHAPTER V.
9. CHAPTER VI.
10. CHAPTER VII.
11. CHAPTER VIII.
12. 1. Bull-grappling Scene. Wall-painting, from Knossos. Museum
13. 2. Marble Statue of a Girl Runner. Vatican Museum, Rome. After
14. 3. Bronze Head of an Olympic Victor. Glyptothek, Munich. After
15. 4. Statue of the _Doryphoros_, from Pompeii, after Polykleitos.
16. 5. Statue of _Hermes_, from Andros. National Museum, Athens.
17. 6. Statue of the _Standing Diskobolos_, after Naukydes (?).
18. 9. Statue of an Athlete, by Stephanos. Villa Albani, Rome.
19. 10. Bronze statue of the _Praying Boy_. Museum of Berlin. After
20. 11. Statue of so-called _Oil-pourer_. Glyptothek, Munich. After
21. 12. Statue of an _Apoxyomenos_. Uffizi Gallery, Florence. After
22. 13. Statue of an Athlete, after Polykleitos. Farnsworth Museum,
23. 14. Bronze Statue known as the _Idolino_. Museo Archeologico,
24. 15. Marble Head of an Athlete, after Kresilas (?). Metropolitan
25. 16. Bronze Statue of the _Seated Boxer_. Museo delle Terme,
26. 17. Statue known as the _Farnese Diadoumenos_. British Museum,
27. 18. Statue of the _Diadoumenos_, from Delos. After Polykleitos.
28. 19. Statue known as the _Westmacott Athlete_. British Museum,
29. 20. Head of an Athlete, School of Praxiteles. Metropolitan Museum,
30. 21. Statue of _Diomedes with the Palladion_. Glyptothek, Munich.
31. 22. Statue of the _Diskobolos_, from Castel Porziano, after
32. 23. Statue of the _Diskobolos_, after Myron. A bronzed Cast from
33. 24. Statue of a Kneeling Youth, from Subiaco. Museo delle Terme,
34. 25. Marble Group of Pancratiasts. Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
35. 26. Racing Chariot and Horses. From an archaic b.-f. Hydria.
36. 27. Statue of a Charioteer (?). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
37. 28. Statue of the Pancratiast Agias, from Delphi. Museum
38. 29. Statue of the _Apoxyomenos_. After Lysippos or his School.
39. 30. Statue of _Herakles_. Lansdowne House, London. After Gardner,
40. 1. So-called _Boxer Vase_, from Hagia Triada. From a Cast
41. 2. Bronze Statuette of a Victor, from Olympia. Museum of Olympia.
42. 3. Bronze Head of an Olympic Victor, from Beneventum. Louvre,
43. 4. Bronze Head of an Olympic Victor, from Herculaneum. Museum
44. 5. Bronze Portrait-statue of a Hellenistic Prince. Museo delle
45. 6. Bronze Statuette of _Hermes-Diskobolos_, found in the Sea
46. 7. Bronze Statue of a Youth, found in the Sea off Antikythera.
47. 8. Statue of the so-called _Jason_ (_Sandal-binder_). Louvre,
48. 9. Statue of so-called _Apollo of Thera_. National Museum,
49. 10. Statue of so-called _Apollo of Orchomenos_. National Museum,
50. 11. Statue of so-called _Apollo_, from Mount Ptoion, Bœotia.
51. 12. Statue of so-called _Apollo of Melos_. National Museum,
52. 13. Statues of so-called _Apollos_, from Mount Ptoion. National
53. 14. Statue known as the _Strangford Apollo_. British Museum,
54. 15. Bronze Statuette of a Palæstra Victor, from the Akropolis.
55. 16. Bronze Statuette, from Ligourió. Museum of Berlin. After
56. 17. Statue of an Ephebe, from the Akropolis. Akropolis Museum,
57. 18. Head of an Ephebe, from the Akropolis. Akropolis Museum,
58. 19. Bronze Statuette of Apollo, found in the Sea off Piombino.
59. 20. Figure, from the East Pediment of the Temple on Aegina.
60. 21. Two Figures, from the West Pediment of the Temple on Aegina.
61. 22. Archaic Marble Head of a Youth. Jacobsen Collection,
62. 23. Head of so-called _Oil-pourer_. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
63. 24. Bronze Statuette of an Athlete. Louvre, Paris. After
64. 25. Bronze Head of an Athlete, from Herculaneum. Museum of Naples.
65. 26. Marble Statue of an Athlete (?). National Museum, Athens.
66. 27. Head from Statue of the _Seated Boxer_ (Pl. 16). Museo delle
67. 28. Statue of the _Diadoumenos_, from Vaison, after Polykleitos.
68. 29. Head of the _Diadoumenos_, after Polykleitos. Albertinum,
69. 30. Marble Heads of two Hoplitodromoi, from Olympia. Museum of
70. 31. Head of Herakles, from Genzano. British Museum, London. After
71. 33. Head of an Athlete, from Perinthos. Albertinum, Dresden.
72. 34. Statue of the _Diskobolos_, after Myron. Vatican Museum,
73. 35. Statue of the _Diskobolos_, after Myron. British Museum,
74. 36. A and B. Athletic Scenes from a Bacchic Amphora in Rome.
75. 37. Athletic Scenes from a Sixth-century B. C. Panathenaic
76. 38. Statue of a Runner. Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome. After
77. 39. Statue of a Runner. Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome. After
78. 40. Statue of the so-called _Thorn-puller_ (the _Spinario_).
79. 41. Hoplitodromes. Scenes from a r.-f. Kylix. Museum of Berlin.
80. 42. Bronze Statuette of a Hoplitodrome (?). University Museum,
81. 43. Statue of the so-called _Borghese Warrior_. Louvre, Paris.
82. 44. Pentathletes. Scene from a Panathenaic Amphora in the
83. 45. Statue of a Boy Victor (the _Dresden Boy_). Albertinum,
84. 46. Bronze Statuette of a _Diskobolos_. Metropolitan Museum,
85. 47. Bust of the _Doryphoros_, after Polykleitos, by Apollonios.
86. 48. Statue of the _Doryphoros_, after Polykleitos. Vatican
87. 49. Wrestling Scenes. From Obverse of an Amphora, by Andokides.
88. 50. Wrestling and Boxing Scenes. From a r.-f. Kylix. University
89. 51. Bronze Statues of Wrestlers. Museum of Naples. After B. B.,
90. 52. Bronze Arm of Statue of a Boxer, found in the Sea off
91. 53. Forearm with Glove. From the Statue of the _Seated Boxer_
92. 54. Boxing Scenes. From a r.-f. Kylix by Douris. British Museum,
93. 55. Boxing and Pankration Scenes. From a r.-f. Kylix. British
94. 56. Boxing Scene. From a b.-f. Panathenaic Panel-amphora.
95. 57. Statue of a Boxer, from Sorrento. By Koblanos of Aphrodisias.
96. 58. Statue known as _Pollux_. Louvre, Paris. After Photograph
97. 59. Pankration Scene. From a Panathenaic Amphora by Kittos.
98. 60. Bronze Statuette of a Pancratiast (?), from Autun, France.
99. 61. Bronze Head of a Boxer(?), from Olympia. A (Profile);
100. 62. Bronze Foot of a Victor Statue, from Olympia. Museum
101. 63. Charioteer Mounting a Chariot. Bas-relief from the Akropolis.
102. 64. _Apobates_ and Chariot. Relief from the North Frieze of
103. 65. Charioteer. Relief from the small Frieze of the Mausoleion,
104. 66. Bronze Statue of the Delphi _Charioteer_. Museum of Delphi.
105. 67. Horse-racer. From a Sixth-century B. C. b.-f. Panathenaic
106. 68. Head from the Statue of Agias (Pl. 28). Museum of Delphi.
107. 69. Marble Head, from Olympia. Three-quarters Front View
108. 70. Profile Drawings of the Heads of the _Agias_ and the
109. 71. Head of the Statue of Herakles (Pl. 30). Lansdowne House,
110. 72. Marble Head of a Boy, found near the Akropolis, Sparta. In
111. 73. So-called Head of Herakles from Tegea, by Skopas. National
112. 74. Attic Grave-relief, found in the Bed of the Ilissos, Athens.
113. 75. Statue of the so-called _Meleager_. Vatican Museum, Rome.
114. 76. Head of the so-called _Meleager_. Villa Medici, Rome. After
115. 77. Torso of the so-called _Meleager_. Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge,
116. 78. Small Marble Torso of a Boy Victor, from Olympia. Museum
117. 79. Stone Statue of the Olympic Victor, Arrhachion, from
118. 80. Statues of Ra-nefer and Tepemankh, from Sakkarah. Museum
119. 1868. Revised edition, entitled Die Gipsabguesse antiker Bildwerke,
120. CHAPTER I.
121. Chapter VIII.
122. CHAPTER II.
123. CHAPTER III.
124. CHAPTER IV.
125. Chapter II, in connection with the subject of assimilation.
126. introduction of this race at Olympia. However, the absence of the
127. 1583. The right arm of the uppermost athlete seems to have been wrongly
128. CHAPTER V.
129. episode there described.[1816] But the first trace of such a contest
130. CHAPTER VI.
131. CHAPTER VII.
132. CHAPTER VIII.
133. 6. 1-7.1) stood in this neighborhood. Now the statues of the family of
134. Book V, Pausanias says he is proceeding north from the Council-house
135. 1. The twenty-eight oldest statues—exclusive of the five already
136. 2. After this space was mostly filled, the next statues, those dating
137. 3. From near the date of the battle of Aigospotamoi, down to about the
138. 4. After Alexander’s time, in consequence of the recent building of
139. 1. Chionis, of Sparta.[2443] Besides his statue by Myron and the tablet
140. 2. Kylon, of Athens.[2444] Pausanias records that a bronze statue of
141. 3. Hipposthenes, of Sparta.[2451] Pausanias records that a temple was
142. 4. Hetoimokles, son of Hipposthenes of Sparta.[2453] Pausanias mentions
143. 5. Arrhachion, of Phigalia.[2454] Pausanias records the stone statue
144. 6. Kimon, the son of Stesagoras, of Athens.[2455] Aelian mentions αἱ
145. 7. Philippos, son of Boutakides, of Kroton.[2461] The people of Egesta
146. 8. Astylos, or Astyalos, of Kroton.[2463] Besides mentioning his statue
147. 9. Euthymos, son of Astykles, of Lokroi Epizephyrioi in South
148. 10. Theagenes, son of Timosthenes, of Thasos, one of the most famous
149. 11. Ladas, of Sparta.[2475] Two fourth-century epigrams celebrate the
150. 12. Kallias, son of Didymias of Athens.[2478] Apart from his statue at
151. 13. Diagoras, son of Damagetos, of Rhodes, the most famous of Greek
152. 14. Agias, of Pharsalos.[2483] We have already, in Ch. VI, discussed
153. 15. Cheimon, of Argos.[2485] In mentioning the statue of Cheimon at
154. 16. Leon, son of Antikleidas (or Antalkidas), of Sparta.[2487] A
155. 17. Eubotas (Eubatas or Eubatos), of Kyrene.[2489] Besides his statue
156. 18. Promachos, son of Dryon, of Pellene in Achaia.[2491] Pausanias not
157. 19. An unknown victor, of Argos or (?) Tegea.[2492] Aristotle mentions
158. 20. Kyniska, daughter of Archidamos I, of Sparta.[2496] Pausanias,
159. 21. Euryleonis, a victress of Sparta.[2497] Pausanias says that she
160. 22. Archias, son of Eukles, of Hybla.[2499] An epigram in the _Greek
161. 23. [Phil]okrates, son of Antiphon, of Athens (deme of Krioa).[2501]
162. 24. An unknown victor. An inscribed base, found near the Portico of
163. 25. Phorystas, son of Thriax (or Triax), of (?) Tanagra.[2504]
164. 26. Aristophon, son of Lysinos, of Athens.[2507] Besides his statue
165. 27. Attalos, father of King Attalos I,[2509] of Pergamon.[2510] The
166. 28. Xenodamos, of Antikyra in Phokis.[2512] Pausanias mentions a bronze
167. 29. Titos Phlabios Metrobios, son of Demetrios, of Iasos, Karia.[2523]
168. 30. Sarapion, of Alexandria, Egypt.[2525] Pausanias mentions two
169. 31. Markos Aurelios Demetrios, of Alexandria, Egypt.[2527] His son,
170. 32. Unknown victor, from Magnesia ad Sipylum, in Lydia.[2529] His
171. 33. Kranaos or Granianos, of Sikyon.[2531] Pausanias mentions a bronze
172. 34. Titos Ailios Aurelios Apollonios, of Tarsos.[2532] A statue of
173. 35. Mnasiboulos, of Elateia in Phokis.[2534] His fellow citizens
174. 36. Aurelios Toalios, of (?) Oinoanda, Lykia.[2535] The inscribed base
175. 37. Aurelios Metrodoros, of Kyzikos.[2537] The inscribed base of his
176. 38. Valerios Eklektos, of Sinope.[2539] Besides his monument at
177. 39. Klaudios Rhouphos, also called Apollonios the Pisan, son of
178. 40. Philoumenos, of Philadelphia, in Lydia.[2544] The closing verse
179. 41. Ainetos, of (?) Amyklai.[2546] Pausanias mentions the portrait
180. 42. Nikokles, of Akriai in Lakonia.[2547] Pausanias mentions a monument
181. 43. Aigistratos, son of Polykreon, of Lindos in Rhodes.[2548] A statue
182. 44. An unknown victor, of (?) Delphi.[2550] The inscribed base of his
183. 1. Epicharinos. Pausanias mentions the statue Ἐπιχαρίνου ὁπλιτοδρομεῖν
184. 2. Hermolykos, son of Euthoinos or Euthynos. Pausanias mentions the
185. 3. Isokrates, son of Theodoros, of Athens. The pseudo-Plutarch mentions
186. 192. Rodenwaldt interprets them as female: _l. c._
187. 26. For the scholiast, see Boeckh, p. 158; and _F. H. G._, II, p. 183
188. 47. P., VI, 20.9, says that the restriction did not include maidens.
189. 26. 1; the poet Martianus Capella, of the middle of the fifth century
190. 1895. This work is based on the older investigations of C. Schmidt,
191. 567. A corresponding replica from Melos is described by F. W., 1219;
192. 80. The statue is 1.83 meters high (Bulle). Head alone in Overbeck,
193. 66. Graef had already conjectured the type to be that of a Polykleitan
194. 73. Froehner reads the name “Exotra,” that of a woman victor.
195. 12. It is in the National Museum at Athens, where most of the “Apollos”
196. 210. Furtwaengler, _Mp._, p. 196, _Mw._, p. 380, believes it impossible
197. 62. The statue is 1.44 meters high (Bulle). For the inscription on the
198. 20. Bulle, however, says that the Munich statue may be that of a boxer
199. 3. It is 0.21 meter high. For the same style and conception, _cf._ a
200. 488. It is 1.48 meters high (Bulle).
201. 73. It was formerly in the van Branteghem collection.
202. 45. The word ὠτοκάταξις seems to have meant a boxer whose ears were
203. 340. Wolters tried to show that it was Praxitelian. But the similarity
204. 2212. It is 1.48 meters high from lower edge of base to the right hand
205. 7. It is 1 meter high (Bulle).
206. 248. Krison is mentioned by Plato, _Protag._, 335 E, and _de Leg._,
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