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This fell upon the children, and Cleomedes, pelted with stones by the citizens, took refuge in the sanctuary of Athena. He entered a chest standing in the sanctuary and drew down the lid. The Astypalaeans toiled in vain in their attempts to open the chest. At last, however, they broke open the boards of the chest, but found no Cleomedes, either alive or dead. So they sent envoys to
The response given by the Pythian priestess was, they say, as follows:—
Last of heroes is Cleomedes of Astypalaea;
So from this time have the Astypalaeans paid honors to Cleomedes as to a hero.
Honor him with sacrifices as being no longer a mortal.
By the side of the chariot of Gelon is dedicated a statue of Philon, the work of the Aeginetan Glaucias. About this Philon Simonides the son of Leoprepes composed a very neat elegiac couplet:
My fatherland is
There is also a statue of Agametor of Mantineia, who beat the boys at boxing.
The son of Glaucus, and I won two Olympic victories for boxing.
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Next to those that I have enumerated stands Glaucus of Carystus. Legend has it that he was by birth from Demylus happened to be a spectator of his son's performance, and thereupon brought him to He is said to have won other crowns besides, two at
Damaretus of Who made the statue of Theopompus the wrestler we do not know, but those of his father and grandfather are said by the inscription to be by Eutelidas and Chrysothemis, who were Argives. It does not, however, declare the name of their teacher, but runs as follows:— Iccus the son of Nicolaidas of After Iccus stands Pantarces the Elean, beloved of Pheidias, who beat the boys at wrestling. Next to Pantarces is the chariot of Cleosthenes, a man of There are inscribed the names of the horses, Phoenix and Corax, and on either side are the horses by the yoke, on the right Cnacias, on the left Samus. This inscription in elegiac verse is on the chariot :— This Cleosthenes was the first of those who bred horses in
Eutelidas and Chrysothemis made these works,
Argives, who learnt their art from those who lived before.
Cleosthenes, son of Pontis, a native of
After winning with his horses a victory in the glorious games of Zeus.
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