Pæanius
Also known as: Pæanius of Elis · Family: Elis · Role: wrestler and boxer · First appears: Book 6 · Chapter 15
Life events
- Caprus defeated Pæanius in wrestling.(Book 6 · Chapter 15 · 📍 Olympia)
- With: Caprus
- “and he beat in wrestling Pæanius of Elis”
- Pæanius had previously won wrestling at Olympia and multiple Pythian victories.(Book 6 · Chapter 15 · 📍 Olympia)
- “who had carried off the prize for wrestling in former Olympiads, and had been crowned in the Pythian games”
- Pæanius won one wrestling prize at Olympia and two in the Pythian games.(Book 6 · Chapter 16 · 📍 Olympia)
- With: Demetrius (father of Pæanius)
- “Pæanius the son of Demetrius, who won one prize for wrestling at Olympia, and two in the Pythian games.”
Book 6 · Chapter 15
- rivals with Caprus “he beat in wrestling Pæanius of Elis, who had carried off the prize for wrestling in former Olympiads”
Book 6 · Chapter 16
- parent: Demetrius (father of Pæanius) (Demetrius is Pæanius's father.) “Pæanius the son of Demetrius”
Also listed in Elis — Minor Figures
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.