Theopompus (son of Damaretus)

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

At Olympia, Theopompus, son of Damaretus, won the pentathlon; afterwards, his grandson, Theopompus (grandson of Damaretus), won the same prize and also won prizes for wrestling. The statues of his father and grandfather were attributed by their inscription to 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 (grandson 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

• parent: Damaretus (Damaretus is the father of the first Theopompus.) “And Theopompus, the son of Damaretus, and afterwards his grandson of the same name won the prize in the pentathlum”
• child: Theopompus (grandson 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 father.) “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 father.) “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.