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The inscription on the statue of Pantarces of
The statue of Cleitomachus of
He won his victory in the pancratium at the hundred and forty-first Olympic Festival note. The next Festival saw this Cleitomachus a competitor in the pancratium and in boxing, while Caprus of
After Caprus had won in the wrestling-match, Cleitomachus put it to the umpires that it would be fair if they were to bring in the pancratium before he received wounds in the boxing. His request seemed reasonable, and so the pancratium was brought in. Although Cleitomachus was defeated by Caprus he tackled the boxers with sturdy spirit and unwearied vigor.
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The Ionians of Erythrae dedicated a statue of Epitherses, son of Metrodorus, who won two boxing prizes at
The Paleans, who form one of the four divisions of the Cephallenians, dedicated a statue of Timoptolis, an Elean, the son of Lampis. These Paleans were of old called Dulichians. There is also a statue set up of Archidamus the son of Agesilaus, and of some man or other representing a hunter. There is a statue of Demetrius, who made an expedition against Seleucus and was taken prisoner in the battle, and one of Antigonus the son of Demetrius; they are offerings, you may be sure, of the Byzantines.
6.15.8At the thirty-eighth Festival note Eutelidas the Spartan won two victories among the boys, one for wrestling and one for the pentathlum, this being the first and last occasion when boys were allowed to enter for the pentathlum. The statue of Eutelidas is old, and the letters on the pedestal are worn dim with age.
6.15.9After Eutelidas is another statue of Areus the Lacedaemonian king, and beside it is a statue of
The man with the boys standing beside him they say is Ptolemy, son of Lagus note. Beside him are two statues of the Elean Caprus, the son of Pythagoras, who received on the same day a crown for wrestling and a crown for the pancratium. This Caprus was the first man to win the two victories. His victim overcome in the pancratium I have already mentioned; note in wrestling the man he overcame was the Elean Paeanius, who at the previous Festival had won a victory for wrestling, while at the Pythian games he won a crown in the boys' boxing-match, and again in the men's wrestling-match and in the men's boxing-match on one and the same day.
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The victories of Caprus were not achieved without great toils and strong effort. There are also at
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