Croton — 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.

Astylus of Croton

athlete · first appears Book 6 · Chapter 13

• Book 6 · Chapter 13 · with Pythagoras “And the statue of Astylus of Croton is by Pythagoras, he was victorious”
• Book 6 · Chapter 13 · with Hiero the son of Dinomenes “But because in the two latter Olympiads he entered himself as a Syracusan, to ingratiate himself with Hiero the son of Dinomenes”

Diotimus

father of Milo · first appears Book 6 · Chapter 14

• Book 6 · Chapter 14 · child: Milo “And the statue of Milo the son of Diotimus is by Dameas, both natives of Croton.”

Tisicrates

runner · first appears Book 6 · Chapter 9

• Book 6 · Chapter 9 · with Hybilides “when Hybilides was Archon at Athens, in the second year of the 72nd Olympiad, in which Tisicrates of Croton won the race in the stadium”

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