Theopompus (grandson of Damaretus)

Role: pentathlete and wrestler · First appears: Book 6 · Chapter 10

At Olympia, Theopompus, grandson of Damaretus and son of Theopompus (son of Damaretus), won the pentathlon, as his grandfather had before him, and also won prizes in wrestling. The statues of his father and grandfather were, according to the inscription, by the Argives Eutelidas and Chrysothemis.

Relationship record

Life events

• Both Theopompuses won the pentathlon, and the grandson also won wrestling.(Book 6 · Chapter 10 · 📍 Olympia)
  • With: Theopompus (son of Damaretus)
  • “And Theopompus, the son of Damaretus, and afterwards his grandson of the same name won the prize in the pentathlum, and the grandson Theopompus won prizes also for wrestling”

Book 6 · Chapter 10

• with Damaretus (The second Theopompus is identified as Damaretus's grandson.) “And Theopompus, the son of Damaretus, and afterwards his grandson of the same name won the prize in the pentathlum”
• parent: Theopompus (son of Damaretus) (The grandson of Damaretus is the son of the earlier Theopompus.) “And Theopompus, the son of Damaretus, and afterwards his grandson of the same name won the prize in the pentathlum”
• with Eutelidas (Eutelidas made the statue of Theopompus's grandfather.) “but the statues of his father and grandfather were according to the inscription by the Argives Eutelidas and Chrysothemis.”
• with Chrysothemis (Chrysothemis made the statue of Theopompus's grandfather.) “but the statues of his father and grandfather were according to the inscription by the Argives Eutelidas and Chrysothemis.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.