Mantinea — Minor Figures

5 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.

Cleander

guardian of Philopœmen · first appears Book 8 · Chapter 49

• Book 8 · Chapter 49 · ward: Philopœmen “but he dying when Philopœmen was quite a boy his guardian was Cleander an exile from Mantinea, who had come to live at Megalopolis after the troubles in his native place, and had been on a footing of old friendship with the family of Craugis”
• Book 8 · Chapter 49 · friends with Craugis “had been on a footing of old friendship with the family of Craugis”

Cyniscus

boy boxer · first appears Book 6 · Chapter 4

• Book 6 · Chapter 4 · with Polycletus “And the effigy of Cyniscus, the boy boxer from Mantinea, was by Polycletus”

Protolaus

boxer · first appears Book 6 · Chapter 6

• Book 6 · Chapter 6 · parent: Dialces “The first is the Mantinean Protolaus, the son of Dialces, who beat all the boys in boxing”
• Book 6 · Chapter 6 · with Pythagoras “the first is the Mantinean Protolaus, the son of Dialces, who beat all the boys in boxing, by Pythagoras of Rhegium”

Dromeus of Mantinea

athlete · first appears Book 6 · Chapter 11

• Book 6 · Chapter 11 · rivals with Theagenes of Thasos “But he was beaten by Theagenes the Olympiad afterwards in the pancratium.”

Epicradius of Mantinea

boy's boxing victor · first appears Book 6 · Chapter 10

• Book 6 · Chapter 10 · with Ptolichus of Ægina “Epicradius of Mantinea by Ptolichus of Ægina”

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