Scæus

Family: Samos · Role: boxer · First appears: Book 6 · Chapter 13

At Olympia in Book 6, Chapter 13, Scæus of Samos won the boys’ boxing. He was the son of Duris, and his statue, made by Hippias, was erected after the Samians were restored from exile.

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Life events

• Scæus won boys’ boxing, and his statue was erected after the Samians were restored.(Book 6 · Chapter 13 · 📍 Olympia)
  • “Scæus the Samian, the son of Duris, who beat all the boys in boxing, his statue is by Hippias, and the inscription on it states, that Scæus was victor when the Samian populace fled from their island, and the statue was put up when they were restored.”

Book 6 · Chapter 13

• with Hippias (Hippias made the statue of Scæus.) “his statue is by Hippias”
• parent: Duris (Duris is Scæus's father.) “the statue of Scæus the Samian, the son of Duris”

Also listed in Samos — Minor Figures

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