Cratinus

Family: Ægira · Role: wrestler and teacher · First appears: Book 6 · Chapter 3

Cratinus was a wrestler from Ægira. At Elis, he was appointed teacher of the boys because none of them could stand against him in wrestling. In Book 6, Chapter 3, his statue was made by Cantharus of Sicyon; in Chapter 9, Philles of Elis, a winner among the boys in wrestling, was represented by a statue made by Cratinus of Sparta.

Relationship record

Life events

• Cratinus was appointed by Elis as teacher of the boys.(Book 6 · Chapter 3 · 📍 Elis)
  • “And as none of the boys could stand before him in wrestling he was appointed by the people of Elis as teacher of the boys.”

Book 6 · Chapter 3

• with Cantharus (interaction) “And his statue was by the Sicyonian Cantharus”
• with Cantharus (interaction) “And his statue was by the Sicyonian Cantharus”

Book 6 · Chapter 9

• with Philles (Cratinus sculpted Philles's statue.) “the statue of Philles of Elis, who beat all the boys in wrestling, is by the Spartan Cratinus”

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