Cleomedes

Family: Astypalæa · Role: boxer · First appears: Book 6 · Chapter 9

Life events

Cleomedes killed Iccus while boxing.(Book 6 · Chapter 9)
- With: Iccus
- “Cleomedes of Astypalæa, boxing with Iccus from Epidaurus, killed him”
The umpires deprived Cleomedes of his prize after Iccus's death.(Book 6 · Chapter 9)
- “and was condemned by the Umpires to be deprived of his prize”
Cleomedes collapsed a school roof, killing the boys inside.(Book 6 · Chapter 9 · 📍 Astypalæa)
- “standing in a school when there were about 60 scholars pulled away the pillar which supported the roof, and when the roof fell in on the boys”
Cleomedes disappeared from a sealed chest, and the oracle declared him a hero.(Book 6 · Chapter 9 · 📍 temple of Athene)
- “At last they broke open the woodwork, and found no Cleomedes either alive or dead”
The people of Astypalæa began honoring Cleomedes with sacrifices as a hero.(Book 6 · Chapter 9 · 📍 Astypalæa)
- “From that time forward the people of Astypalæa pay honours to him as a hero.”

with Iccus (Cleomedes killed Iccus in a boxing match.) “Cleomedes of Astypalæa, boxing with Iccus from Epidaurus, killed him”

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