Euthymus

Family: Locri · Role: boxer · First appears: Book 6 · Chapter 6

In the 74th Olympiad, Euthymus won the boxing prize at Olympia. In the following Olympiad, Theagenes of Thasos outboxed him, but was too exhausted to win the pancratium crown and was fined both for the god and for the injury done to Euthymus. Euthymus won the boxing crown in the 76th Olympiad and the next; Theagenes of Thasos paid his fine to the god and did not box again then.

At Temesa, Euthymus defeated Lycas, the ghost whose attacks had brought an annual offering, and the people there had no more trouble from him. Euthymus married the maiden he rescued from the offering, and “the marriage of Euthymus was celebrated with much pomp.” His father was Astycles, and his statue was made by Pythagoras. Later, Theagenes of Thasos beat Euthymus in boxing at Olympia and was fined by the people of Elis.

Relationship record

Life events

• Euthymus won the boxing prize at Olympia.(Book 6 · Chapter 6 · 📍 Olympia)
  • “he won a boxing prize at Olympia in the 74th Olympiad”
• Theagenes outboxed Euthymus but forfeited the pancratium crown and incurred fines.(Book 6 · Chapter 6 · 📍 Olympia)
  • With: Theagenes of Thasos
  • “For Theagenes from Thasos, wishing to win in the same Olympiad prizes both for boxing and the pancratium, outboxed Euthymus. Theagenes however could not receive the wild olive crown for the pancratium, as in the contest with Euthymus he was exhausted first. Moreover the umpires fined Theagenes a talent as a fine to the god, and a talent for the injury done to Euthymus”
• Euthymus won the boxing crown in the 76th Olympiad and the next.(Book 6 · Chapter 6 · 📍 Olympia)
  • “And in the 76th Olympiad Theagenes paid his fine to the god, and in his vexation would not again contend as a boxer: but Euthymus received the crown for boxing both in that and the next Olympiad.”
• Euthymus defeated Lycas, ending the ghost's attacks on Temesa.(Book 6 · Chapter 6 · 📍 Temesa)
  • With: Lycas
  • “In the fight that ensued he was victor, and the Hero left the country, dived into the sea and was never seen again, and the men of that region had henceforth no more trouble from him”
• Euthymus married the maiden he rescued from the annual offering.(Book 6 · Chapter 6 · 📍 Temesa)
  • “the marriage of Euthymus was celebrated with much pomp.”
• Theagenes defeated Euthymus in boxing and was fined by the people of Elis.(Book 6 · Chapter 11 · 📍 Olympia)
  • With: Theagenes of Thasos
  • “The most notable of his exploits at Olympia I have already recorded, and how he beat Euthymus in boxing, and how he was fined by the people of Elis.”

Book 6 · Chapter 6

• parent: Astycles “his father’s name was Astycles”
• with Pythagoras (Pythagoras made Euthymus's statue.) “And his statue is by Pythagoras and is especially fine”
• rivals with Theagenes of Thasos “For Theagenes from Thasos, wishing to win in the same Olympiad prizes both for boxing and the pancratium, outboxed Euthymus.”
• with Lycas (Euthymus expelled Lycas in combat.) “There too is the ghost whom Euthymus expelled, dreadfully swarthy and most formidable in all his appearance, and dressed in a wolfskin. And the letters in the painting give his name, Lycas.”
• with Theagenes of Thasos (interaction) “for they thought he insulted him in the boxing-match, therefore they ordered him also to pay privately money to Euthymus”

Book 6 · Chapter 11

• rivals with Theagenes of Thasos “how he beat Euthymus in boxing”

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