Clitomachus

Also known as: Clitomachus the Theban · Family: Thebes · Role: pancratiast, wrestler, and boxer · First appears: Book 6 · Chapter 15

At Olympia in the 141st Olympiad, Clitomachus won the pancratium prize. At the next Olympiad, he was beaten by Caprus in the pancratium; he was also proclaimed second to Theagenes of Thasos in the pancratium and boxing.

Hermocrates was Clitomachus’s father and erected his statue.

Relationship record

Life events

• Clitomachus won the pancratium prize.(Book 6 · Chapter 15 · 📍 Olympia)
  • “And in the 141st Olympiad he won the prize in the pancratium.”
• Caprus defeated Clitomachus in the pancratium.(Book 6 · Chapter 15 · 📍 Olympia)
  • With: Caprus
  • “when the pancratium was called on he was beaten by Caprus”

Book 6 · Chapter 15

• parent: Hermocrates “the statue of Clitomachus the Theban was erected by Hermocrates his father”
• rivals with Theagenes of Thasos “And at Olympia he was proclaimed second to Theagenes of Thasos in the pancratium and in boxing.”
• rivals with Caprus “when the pancratium was called on he was beaten by Caprus”
• with Hermocrates (Hermocrates erected Clitomachus's statue.) “the statue of Clitomachus the Theban was erected by Hermocrates his father”

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