Cos — Minor Figures
3 figures from Pausanias' Description of Greece who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Xenodicus
boxer · first appears Book 6 · Chapter 14
- Book 6 · Chapter 14 · with Pantias “the latter is by Pantias, and the former by Philotimus of Ægina.”
- Book 6 · Chapter 14 · with Pantias “And the boy seated on a horse and the man standing by the horse are as the inscription says Xenombrotus of Cos in Meropis, who was proclaimed victor in the horse-race, and Xenodicus who was proclaimed victor in the boxing matches for boys, the latter is by Pantias, and the former by Philotimus of Ægina.”
Xenombrotus
horse-race victor · first appears Book 6 · Chapter 14
- Book 6 · Chapter 14 · with Philotimus “the latter is by Pantias, and the former by Philotimus of Ægina.”
- Book 6 · Chapter 14 · with Philotimus “And the boy seated on a horse and the man standing by the horse are as the inscription says Xenombrotus of Cos in Meropis, who was proclaimed victor in the horse-race, and Xenodicus who was proclaimed victor in the boxing matches for boys, the latter is by Pantias, and the former by Philotimus of Ægina.”
Philinus
athlete · first appears Book 6 · Chapter 17
- Book 6 · Chapter 17 · parent: Hegepolis “the Coan Philinus, the son of Hegepolis”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.