Τιμάνθης
Timanthes
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Translation
Of Kleonai,1 a victor in the pankration;2 they say that when age obliged to him to stop competing he drew a great bow every day, to put himself to the test. But after a period away from home he was unable, on returning, to draw it; he then lit a fire and threw himself, alive, into the flames. Whenever men have done this sort of thing, or do it in future, it should not be classified as courage but insanity.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τιμάνθης, Κλεωναῖος, παγκράτιον νικήσας· ὅν φασι παυσάμενον διὰ ἡλικίαν τῶν ἄθλων τόξον μέγα ἐπὶ ἑκάστης τείνειν τῆς ἡμέρας, ἀποπειρώμενον ἑαυτοῦ. ὡς δὲ ἀποδημήσας καὶ ἐπανήκων οὐχ οἷός τε ἦν ἐντεῖναι, τότε πῦρ ἀνακαύσας ἀφῆκε ζῶντα ἑαυτὸν ἐς τὴν πυράν. ὁπόσα δὲ τοιαῦτα γέγονεν ἀνθρώποις ἢ καὶ ὕστερον γένηται, μανία μᾶλλον καὶ οὐκ ἀνδρεία λογίζοιτο.
Betacode
*tima/nqhs, *klewnai=os, pagkra/tion nikh/sas: o(/n fasi pausa/menon dia\ h(liki/an tw=n a)/qlwn to/con me/ga e)pi\ e(ka/sths tei/nein th=s h(me/ras, a)popeirw/menon e(autou=. w(s de\ a)podhmh/sas kai\ e)panh/kwn ou)x oi(=o/s te h)=n e)ntei=nai, to/te pu=r a)nakau/sas a)fh=ke zw=nta e(auto\n e)s th\n pura/n. o(po/sa de\ toiau=ta ge/gonen a)nqrw/pois h)\ kai\ u(/steron ge/nhtai, mani/a ma=llon kai\ ou)k a)ndrei/a logi/zoito.
Notes (2)
- C5 BCE. From Pausanias 6.8.4 (including the editorial comment): web address 1.
- 1In the NE Peloponnese (kappa 1732, kappa 1733, kappa 1734). ↩
- 2See generally pi 11. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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