Sosander

Family: Smyrna · Role: wrestler · First appears: Book 5 · Chapter 21

In the 192nd Olympiad at Elis, Sosander of Smyrna wrestled Polyctor. Damonicus bribed Sosander to secure victory for his son, and the Umpires fined the parents.

Later, in the Square, a statue of Zeus was erected using fines paid by Sosander and Polyctor.

Relationship record

Life events

• Damonicus bribed Sosander to secure victory for Polyctor, and the Umpires fined the parents.(Book 5 · Chapter 21 · 📍 Elis)
  • With: Damonicus Polyctor
  • “For when Polyctor (the son of Damonicus) and Sosander (the son of Sosander) a native of Smyrna had descended to the arena for the wrestling match, Damonicus, being very anxious that his son should have the victory, bribed the younger Sosander. And when the circumstances got known, the Umpires fined the parents”
• A statue of Zeus was erected in the Square using fines paid by Sosander and Polyctor.(Book 6 · Chapter 23 · 📍 Square)
  • With: Zeus Polyctor
  • “one of the statues is erected here, which were made of Zeus out of the fine-money of Sosander of Smyrna and Polyctor of Elis.”

Book 5 · Chapter 21

• with Damonicus (Damonicus bribed Sosander.) “For when Polyctor (the son of Damonicus) and Sosander (the son of Sosander) a native of Smyrna had descended to the arena for the wrestling match, Damonicus, being very anxious that his son should have the victory, bribed the younger Sosander.”
• rivals with Polyctor “For when Polyctor (the son of Damonicus) and Sosander (the son of Sosander) a native of Smyrna had descended to the arena for the wrestling match, Damonicus, being very anxious that his son should have the victory, bribed the younger Sosander.”

Book 6 · Chapter 23

• with Polyctor (Their fines jointly funded a statue of Zeus.) “And one of the statues is erected here, which were made of Zeus out of the fine-money of Sosander of Smyrna and Polyctor of Elis.”
• with Zeus (Sosander's fine-money funded a statue of Zeus.) “one of the statues is erected here, which were made of Zeus out of the fine-money of Sosander of Smyrna and Polyctor of Elis”

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