Chimon

Family: Argos · Role: wrestler · First appears: Book 6 · Chapter 9

In Book 6, Chapter 9, Chimon defeated Taurosthenes of Ægina in wrestling. The chapter also identifies him as the father of Aristeus and praises his statues as “the finest works of art of Naucydes.”

Relationship record

Life events

• Chimon defeated Taurosthenes of Ægina in wrestling.(Book 6 · Chapter 9)
  • With: Taurosthenes
  • “It is also said that Chimon beat Taurosthenes of Ægina in wrestling”

Book 6 · Chapter 9

• child: Aristeus “next to him is the statue of Chimon, the father of Aristeus”
• with Taurosthenes (Chimon defeated Taurosthenes in wrestling.) “Chimon beat Taurosthenes of Ægina in wrestling”
• with Naucydes (Naucydes made statues of Chimon.) “His statues are in my opinion the finest works of art of Naucydes”
• rivals with Taurosthenes “Chimon beat Taurosthenes of Ægina in wrestling”

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