ταῦτα μὲν δὴ τὰ ἀξιολογώτατα ἀνδρὶ ποιουμένῳ τὴν ἔφοδον ἐν τῇ Ἄλτει κατὰ τὰ ἡμῖν εἰρημένα· εἰ δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ Λεωνιδαίου πρὸς τὸν βωμὸν τὸν μέγαν ἀφικέσθαι τῇ δεξιᾷ θελήσειας, τοσάδε ἔστι σοι τῶν ἀνηκόντων ἐς μνήμην. Δημοκράτης Τενέδιος καὶ Ἠλεῖος Κριάννιος, οὗτος μὲν ὅπλου λαβὼν νίκην, Δημοκράτης δὲ ἀνδρῶν πάλης· ἀνδριάντας δὲ τοῦ μὲν Μιλήσιος Διονυσικλῆς, τοῦ δὲ Κριαννίου Μακεδὼν Λῦσός ἐστιν ὁ ἐργασάμενος.
Κλαζομενίου δὲ Ἡροδότου καὶ Φιλίνου τοῦ Ἡγεπόλιδος Κῴου ἀνέθεσαν τὰς εἰκόνας αἱ πόλεις, Κλαζομένιοι μὲν ὅτι ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ Κλαζομενίων πρῶτος ἀνηγορεύθη νικῶν Ἡρόδοτος, ἡ δέ οἱ νίκη σταδίου γέγονεν ἐν παισί, Φιλῖνον δὲ οἱ Κῷοι δόξης ἕνεκα ἀνέθεσαν· ἐν μέν γε Ὀλυμπίᾳ δρόμου γεγόνασιν αὐτῷ νῖκαι πέντε, τέσσαρες δὲ Πυθοῖ καὶ ἴσαι Νεμείων, ἐν δὲ Ἰσθμῷ μία ἐπὶ ταῖς δέκα.
Πτολεμαῖον δὲ τὸν Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Λάγου Ἀριστόλαος ἀνέθηκε Μακεδὼν ἀνήρ. ἀνάκειται δὲ καὶ πύκτης κρατήσας ἐν παισὶ Βούτας Πολυνείκους Μιλήσιος, καὶ Καλλικράτης ἀπὸ τῆς ἐπὶ Ληθαίῳ Μαγνησίας ἐπὶ τῷ ὁπλίτῃ δρόμῳ στεφάνους δύο ἀνῃρημένος· Λυσίππου δὲ ἔργον ἡ τοῦ Καλλικράτους ἐστὶν εἰκών.
Ἐνατίωνι δὲ καὶ Ἀλεξιβίῳ, τῷ μὲν ἐν παισὶ σταδίου, Ἀλεξιβίῳ δὲ πεντάθλου γέγονε νίκη, καὶ Ἡραία τε Ἀρκάδων ἐστὶν αὐτῷ πατρὶς καὶ Ἀκέστωρ ὁ τὴν εἰκόνα εἰργασμένος· Ἐνατίωνα δὲ ἧστινος ἦν οὐ δηλοῖ τὸ ἐπίγραμμα, ὅτι δὲ τοῦ Ἀρκάδων ἦν ἔθνους δηλοῖ. Κολοφώνιοι δὲ Ἑρμησιάναξ Ἀγονέου καὶ Εἰκάσιος Λυκίνου τε ὢν καὶ τῆς Ἑρμησιάνακτος θυγατρὸς κατεπάλαισαν μὲν παῖδας ἀμφότεροι, Ἑρμησιάνακτι δὲ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ κοινοῦ τοῦ Κολοφωνίων ὑπῆρξεν ἀνατεθῆναι τὴν εἰκόνα.
τούτων δέ εἰσιν Ἠλεῖοι πλησίον πυγμῇ παῖδας κρατήσαντες, ὁ μὲν Σθέννιδος ἔργον τοῦ Ὀλυνθίου Χοιρίλος, Θεότιμος δὲ Δαιτώνδα Σικυωνίου· παῖς δὲ ὁ Θεότιμος ἦν Μοσχίωνος, Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τῷ Φιλίππου τῆς ἐπὶ Δαρεῖον καὶ Πέρσας στρατείας μετασχόντος. δύο δὲ αὖθις ἐξ Ἤλιδος, Ἀρχίδαμος τεθρίππῳ νενικηκὼς καὶ Ἐπέραστός ἐστιν ὁ Θεογόνου ὅπλου νίκην ἀνῃρημένος·
εἶναι δὲ καὶ μάντις ὁ Ἐπέραστος τοῦ Κλυτιδῶν γένους φησὶν ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐπιγράμματος τῇ τελευτῇ, τῶν δʼ ἱερογλώσσων Κλυτιδᾶν γένος εὔχομαι εἶναι / μάντις, ἀπʼ ἰσοθέων αἷμα Μελαμποδιδᾶν. / Μελάμποδος γὰρ ἦν τοῦ Ἀμυθάονος Μάντιος, τοῦ δὲ Ὀικλῆς, Κλυτίος δὲ Ἀλκμαίωνος τοῦ Ἀμφιαράου τοῦ Ὀϊκλέους· ἐγεγόνει δὲ τῷ Ἀλκμαίωνι ὁ Κλυτίος ἐκ τῆς Φηγέως θυγατρὸς καὶ ἐς τὴν Ἦλιν μετῴκησε, τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς εἶναι τῆς μητρὸς σύνοικος φεύγων, ἅτε τοῦ Ἀλκμαίωνος ἐπιστάμενος σφᾶς εἰργασμένους τὸν φόνον.
ἀνδριάντας δὲ ἀναμεμιγμένους οὐκ ἐπιφανέσιν ἄγαν ἀναθήμασιν Ἀλεξίνικόν τε Ἠλεῖον, τέχνην τοῦ Σικυωνίου Κανθάρου, πάλης ἐν παισὶν ἀνῃρημένον νίκην, καὶ τὸν Λεοντῖνον Γοργίαν ἰδεῖν ἔστιν· ἀναθεῖναι δὲ τὴν εἰκόνα ἐς Ὀλυμπίαν φησὶν Εὔμολπος ἀπόγονος τρίτος Δηικράτους συνοικήσαντος ἀδελφῇ τῇ Γοργίου.
οὗτος ὁ Γοργίας πατρὸς μὲν ἦν Χαρμαντίδου, λέγεται δὲ ἀνασώσασθαι μελέτην λόγων πρῶτος ἠμελημένην τε ἐς ἅπαν καὶ ἐς λήθην ὀλίγου δεῖν ἥκουσαν ἀνθρώποις· εὐδοκιμῆσαι δὲ Γοργίαν λόγων ἕνεκα ἔν τε πανηγύρει τῇ Ὀλυμπικῇ φασι καὶ ἀφικόμενον κατὰ πρεσβείαν ὁμοῦ Τισίᾳ παρʼ Ἀθηναίους. καίτοι ἄλλα τε Τισίας ἐς λόγους ἐσηνέγκατο καὶ πιθανώτατα τῶν καθʼ αὑτὸν γυναικὶ Συρακουσίᾳ χρημάτων ἔγραψεν ἀμφισβήτησιν·
ἀλλά γε ἐκείνου τε ἐς πλέον τιμῆς ἀφίκετο ὁ Γοργίας παρὰ Ἀθηναίοις, καὶ Ἰάσων ἐν Θεσσαλίᾳ τυραννήσας Πολυκράτους, οὐ τὰ ἔσχατα ἐνεγκαμένου διδασκαλείου τοῦ Ἀθήνῃσι, τούτου τοῦ ἀνδρὸς ἐπίπροσθεν αὐτὸν ὁ Ἰάσων ἐποιήσατο. βιῶναι δὲ ἔτη Γοργίαν πέντε φασὶν ἐπὶ τοῖς ἑκατόν· Λεοντίνων δὲ ἐρημωθεῖσάν ποτε ὑπὸ Συρακουσίων τὴν πόλιν κατʼ ἐμὲ αὖθις συνέβαινεν οἰκεῖσθαι.
These are the most remarkable objects that meet you as you make the round of the Altis, following the directions I have given. But if you will go to the right from the Leonidaeum towards the great altar, you will see the following notable objects :—Statues of Democrates, a Tenedian, and Criannius, an Elean: the latter was victorious in the armed race, the former in the men’s wrestling-match. The statue of Democrates is by Dionysicles, a Milesian ; that of Criannius is by Lysus, a Macedonian. The statues of Herodotus, a Clazomenian, and Philinus, a Coan, son of Hegepolis, were dedicated by their respective states. The Clazomenians dedicated the statue of Herodotus, because he was the first Clazomenian to be proclaimed victor at Olympia: his victory was in the boys’ foot-race. The Coans dedicated the statue of Philinus for the sake of the glory he had won; for he gained five victories in running at Olympia, four at Pytho, the same number at Nemea, and eleven at the Isthmus.
The statue of Ptolemy, son of Ptolemy, son of Lagus, was dedicated by Aristolaus, a Macedonian. There is also a statue of a boxer who was victorious among the boys, Butas, a Milesian, son of Polynices; and a statue of Callicrates, a native of Magnesia, on the Lethaeus, who won two crowns in the armed race: the statue of Callicrates is a work of Lysippus. Emaution gained a victory in the boys’ foot-race, and Alexibius in the pentathlum. Heraea, in Arcadia, was the native place of Alexibius, and his statue is by Acestor. The inscription on the statue of Emaution does not mention his native place, but signifies that he was of the Arcadian race.
Two Colophonians were victorious in wrestling among the boys: one of them was Hermesianax, son of Agoneus, the other was Icasius, a son of Lycinus by the daughter of Hermesianax. The statue of Hermesianax was dedicated by the Colophonian community. Near these are statues of Eleans, who were victorious in boxing among the boys: a statue of Choerilus, by Sthennis, the Olynthian ; and one of Theotimus, by Daetondas, a Sicyonian. Theotimus was a son of Moschion, who took part in the expedition of Alexander, son of Philip, against Darius and the Persians.
Then there are two more Eleans: Archidamus, victorious with a four-horse chariot, and Eperastus, son of Theogonus, a victor in the armed race. Eperastus states at the end of the inscription on his statue that he was a soothsayer of the race of the Clytids :— I boast that I am a soothsayer of the stock of the sacred-tongued Clytids, A scion of the god-like Melampodids. For Mantius was a son of Melampus, who was a son of Amythaon ; and Mantius had a son Oicles ; and Clytius was a son of Alcmaeon, who was a son of Amphiaraus, who was a son of Oicles. Clytius was a son of Alcmaeon by the daughter of Phegeus, and he migrated to Elis, because he would not dwell with his mother’s brethren, knowing that they had murdered Alcmaeon.
Standing amid less illustrious offerings may be seen two statues: one of Alexinicus, an Elean, a victor in the boys’ wrestling-match, by Cantharus, the Sicyonian; the other, the statue of Gorgias, the Leontinian. Eumolpus, grandson of the Deicrates who married the sister of Gorgias, says (in the inscription) that it was he who dedicated the statue at Olympia. This Gorgias was a son of Charmantides, and is said to have been the first to revive the study of rhetoric, which had been utterly neglected and almost forgotten. They say that Gorgias gained a reputation for eloquence at the Olympic festival and at Athens, whither he had gone on an embassy with Tisias. Yet Tisias had made various contributions to rhetoric ; in particular, he wrote the most plausible speech of his time in support of the claim of a Syracusan woman to some property. But at Athens he was outshone by Gorgias. Indeed, Jason, tyrant of Thessaly, even put Gorgias above Polycrates, a leading ornament of the Attic school. They say that Gorgias lived a hundred and five years. Leontini was once laid waste by the Syracusans, but was again inhabited in my time.
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