Hieronymus
Family: Andrian · Role: athlete · First appears: Book 3 · Chapter 11
In Book 3, Chapter 11, Hieronymus of Andros was beaten by Tisamenus (of Elis) in running and leaping at Olympia, though Tisamenus came away without winning the pentathlon overall.
In Book 6, Chapter 14, Stomius is named as the maker of Hieronymus’s statue, which stands beside the statue of Procles (son of Lycastidas), a boy-wrestler from Andros. The account also says Hieronymus beat Tisamenus in the pentathlon at Olympia.
Relationship record
Book 3 · Chapter 11
- rivals with Tisamenus (of Elis) “So he trained for the pentathlum at Olympia, and came off the ground unvictorious in that, though he won the prize in two out of the five, for he beat Hieronymus of Andros in running and leaping.”
Book 6 · Chapter 14
- rivals with Tisamenus (of Elis) (They competed in the pentathlon.) “Hieronymus from Andros, who beat Tisamenus of Elis in the pentathlum at Olympia,”
- with Stomius (Stomius made Hieronymus's statue.) “Stomius made the statue of Hieronymus, and Somis that of Procles.”
- with Tisamenus (of Elis) (Hieronymus defeated Tisamenus in the pentathlum.) “and Hieronymus from Andros, who beat Tisamenus of Elis in the pentathlum at Olympia,”
- with Procles (son of Lycastidas) (Procles's statue is next to Hieronymus's statue.) “And next to the statue of Hieronymus is the statue of a boy-wrestler also from Andros, Procles the son of Lycastidas.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.