Polyctor

Family: Elis · Role: wrestler · First appears: Book 5 · Chapter 21

At the 192nd Olympiad at Elis, Polyctor, son of Damonicus, wrestled Sosander of Smyrna. Damonicus bribed Sosander to secure a victory for his son; when this became known, the Umpires fined the parents.

Later, a statue of Zeus was erected in the Square using fines paid by Sosander and Polyctor.

Relationship record

Life events

• Damonicus bribed Sosander to secure victory for Polyctor, and the Umpires fined the parents.(Book 5 · Chapter 21 · 📍 Elis)
  • With: Damonicus Sosander
  • “For when Polyctor (the son of Damonicus) and Sosander (the son of Sosander) a native of Smyrna had descended to the arena for the wrestling match, Damonicus, being very anxious that his son should have the victory, bribed the younger Sosander. And when the circumstances got known, the Umpires fined the parents”
• A statue of Zeus was erected in the Square using fines paid by Sosander and Polyctor.(Book 6 · Chapter 23 · 📍 Square)
  • With: Zeus Sosander
  • “one of the statues is erected here, which were made of Zeus out of the fine-money of Sosander of Smyrna and Polyctor of Elis.”

Book 5 · Chapter 21

• parent: Damonicus “For when Polyctor (the son of Damonicus) and Sosander (the son of Sosander) a native of Smyrna had descended to the arena for the wrestling match, Damonicus, being very anxious that his son should have the victory, bribed the younger Sosander.”
• rivals with Sosander “For when Polyctor (the son of Damonicus) and Sosander (the son of Sosander) a native of Smyrna had descended to the arena for the wrestling match, Damonicus, being very anxious that his son should have the victory, bribed the younger Sosander.”

Book 6 · Chapter 23

• with Sosander (Their fines jointly funded a statue of Zeus.) “And one of the statues is erected here, which were made of Zeus out of the fine-money of Sosander of Smyrna and Polyctor of Elis.”
• with Zeus (Polyctor's fine-money funded a statue of Zeus.) “one of the statues is erected here, which were made of Zeus out of the fine-money of Sosander of Smyrna and Polyctor of Elis”

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