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a)festhko&j. e0ntau~qa e9kate/ra moi=ra tw~n e0fh&bwn sku&laka kuno_j tw|~ 0Enuali/w|<br />

qu&ousi, qew~n tw|~ a)lkimwta&tw| kri/nontej i9erei=on kata_ gnw&mhn ei]nai to_<br />

a)lkimw&taton zw|~on tw~n h(me/rwn. kuno_j de\ sku&lakaj ou)de/naj a1llouj oi]da<br />

9Ellh&nwn nomi/zontaj qu&e<strong>in</strong> o3ti mh_ Kol<strong>of</strong>wni/ouj: qu&ousi ga_r kai\ Kol<strong>of</strong>w&nioi<br />

me/la<strong>in</strong>an th|~ 0Enodi/w| sku&laka. nukter<strong>in</strong>ai\ de\ h3 te Kol<strong>of</strong>wni/wn qusi/a kai\ tw~n<br />

e0n Lakedai/moni e0fh&bwn kaqesth&kas<strong>in</strong>.<br />

Before the fight<strong>in</strong>g they sacrifice <strong>in</strong> the Phoebeum, which is outside the city, not far<br />

distant from <strong>The</strong>rapne. Here each company <strong>of</strong> youths sacrifices a puppy to Enyalius,<br />

hold<strong>in</strong>g that the most valiant <strong>of</strong> tame animals is an acceptable victim to the most valiant<br />

<strong>of</strong> the gods. I know <strong>of</strong> no other Greeks who are accustomed to sacrifice puppies except<br />

the people <strong>of</strong> Colophon; these too sacrifice a puppy, a black bitch, to the Wayside<br />

Goddess. Both the sacrifice <strong>of</strong> the sacrifice <strong>of</strong> the Colophonians <strong>and</strong> that <strong>of</strong> the youths at<br />

Sparta are appo<strong>in</strong>ted to take place at night.<br />

137<br />

Pausanias 6.5.4 A.D. II<br />

Text: F. Spiro, ed., Pausaniae Graeciae descriptio (3 vols.; Leipzig, 1903; repr. Stuttgart,<br />

1967).<br />

Translation: W. H. S. Jones, ed., tr., Pausanias. Description <strong>of</strong> <strong>Greece</strong> III (Cambridge,<br />

Mass. <strong>and</strong> London, 1933; repr. 1960).<br />

pagkrati/ou me\n dh_ kai\ a1lloij h1dh gego&nas<strong>in</strong> e0pifanei=j ni=kai: Pouluda&manti de\<br />

ta&de a)lloi=a para_ tou_j e0pi\ tw|~ pagkrati/w| stefa&nouj u(pa&rxonta& e0st<strong>in</strong>. h(<br />

o)re<strong>in</strong>h_ th~j Qra|&khj, h( e1ndon Ne/stou potamou~ tou~ r(e/ontoj dia_<br />

th~j 0Abdhritw~n, kai\ a1lla qhri/a, e0n de\ au)toi=j pare/xetai kai\ le/ontaj, oi4 kai\ tw|~<br />

stratw|~ pote e0piqe/menoi tw|~ Ce/rcou ta_j a)gou&saj kamh&louj ta_ siti/a e0lumh&nanto.<br />

ou{toi polla&kij oi9 le/ontej kai\ e0j th_n peri\ to_n 1Olumpon planw~ntai xw&ran:<br />

tou&tou de\ tou~ o1rouj h( me\n e0j Makedoni/an pleura&, h( de\ e0pi\ Qessalou_j kai\ to_n<br />

potamo_n te/traptai to_n Phneio&n: e0ntau~qa o( Pouluda&maj le/onta e0n tw|~<br />

0Olu&mpw|, me/ga kai\ a1lkimon qhri/on, kateirga&sato ou)deni\ e0skeuasme/noj o3plw|.<br />

proh&xqh de\ e0j to_ to&lmhma filotimi/a| pro_j ta_ 9Hrakle/ouj e1rga, o3ti<br />

kai\ 9Hrakle/a e1xei lo&goj krath~sai tou~ e0n Neme/a| le/ontoj.<br />

Other have won glorious victories <strong>in</strong> the pancratium, but Pulydamas besides the prizes for<br />

the pancratium, has to his credit the follow<strong>in</strong>g exploits <strong>of</strong> a different k<strong>in</strong>d. <strong>The</strong><br />

mounta<strong>in</strong>ous part <strong>of</strong> Thrace, on this side the river Nestus, which runs through the l<strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

Abdera, breeds among other wild beasts lions, which once attacked the army <strong>of</strong> Xerxes,<br />

<strong>and</strong> mauled the camels carry<strong>in</strong>g the supplies. <strong>The</strong>se lions <strong>of</strong>ten roam right <strong>in</strong>to the l<strong>and</strong><br />

around Mount Olympus, one side <strong>of</strong> which is turned towards Macedonia, <strong>and</strong> the other<br />

towards <strong>The</strong>ssaly <strong>and</strong> the river Peneius. Here on Mount Olympus Pulydamas slew a lion,<br />

a huge <strong>and</strong> powerful beast, without the help <strong>of</strong> any weapon. To this exploit he was<br />

impelled by an ambition to rival the labours <strong>of</strong> Heracles, because Heracles also, legend<br />

says, overthrew the lion at Nemea.<br />

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