Philotimus

Family: Ægina · Role: sculptor · First appears: Book 6 · Chapter 14

In Book 6, Chapter 14, Philotimus of Ægina is credited with the statue of Xenombrotus of Cos, proclaimed victor in the horse-race; the statue of Xenodicus, victor in the boys’ boxing matches, is by Pantias. By Book 10, Chapter 2, Philotimus is identified as the father of Philomelus, a Phocian from Ledon.

Relationship record

Book 6 · Chapter 14

• with Xenombrotus (Philotimus made Xenombrotus's statue.) “the latter is by Pantias, and the former by Philotimus of Ægina.”
• with Xenombrotus (Philotimus made Xenombrotus's statue.) “And the boy seated on a horse and the man standing by the horse are as the inscription says Xenombrotus of Cos in Meropis, who was proclaimed victor in the horse-race, and Xenodicus who was proclaimed victor in the boxing matches for boys, the latter is by Pantias, and the former by Philotimus of Ægina.”

Book 10 · Chapter 2

• child: Philomelus (Philotimus is the father of Philomelus.) “Philomelus the son of Philotimus, second in merit to none of the Phocians, whose native place was Ledon one of the Phocian cities, addressed them”

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