Pausanias, Description of Greece, ed. W. H. S. Jones, ed. H. A. Ormerod, ed. Gregory Nagy, 6.20.19

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[19] There is another Taraxippos at the Isthmus, namely Glaukos, the son of Sisyphus. They say that he was killed by his horses, when Akastos held his contests in honor of his father. At Nemeā of the Argives there was no hero who harmed the horses, but above the turning-point of the chariots rose a rock, red in color, and the flash from it terrified the horses, just as though it had been fire. But the Taraxippos at Olympia is much worse for terrifying the horses. On one turning-post is a bronze statue of Hippodameia carrying a ribbon, and about to garland Pelops with it for his victory.

Description of Greece. Pausanias. ed. W. H. S. Jones, ed. H. A. Ormerod, ed. Gregory Nagy. . .

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Ἑλλάδος Περιηγήσεως Perseus (Pausanias. Pausaniae Graeciae descriptio, Volumes 1-3. Spiro, Friedrich, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1903.) — 6.20.19 focus

[19] ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἐν Ἰσθμῷ Ταράξιππος Γλαῦκος ὁ Σισύφου· γενέσθαι δὲ αὐτῷ τὴν τελευτὴν λέγουσιν ὑπὸ τῶν ἵππων, ὅτε Ἄκαστος τὰ ἆθλα ἔθηκεν ἐπὶ τῷ πατρί. ἐν Νεμέᾳ δὲ τῇ Ἀργείων ἥρως μὲν ἦν οὐδεὶς ὅστις ἔβλαπτε τοὺς ἵππους· πέτρας δὲ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἵππων τὴν καμπὴν ἀνεστηκυίας χρόαν πυρρᾶς, ἡ ἀπʼ 0 αὐτῆς αὐγὴ κατὰ ταὐτὰ καὶ εἰ πῦρ ἐνεποίει φόβον τοῖς ἵπποις. ἀλλὰ γὰρ ὁ ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ Ταράξιππος πολὺ δή τι ὑπερηρκώς ἐστιν ἐς ἵππων φόβον. ἐπὶ δὲ νύσσης μιᾶς Ἱπποδαμείας ἐστὶν εἰκὼν χαλκῆ, ταινίαν τε ἔχουσα καὶ ἀναδεῖν τὸν Πέλοπα μέλλουσα ἐπὶ τῇ νίκῃ.

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Description of Greece Perseus (Pausanias. Pausanias Description of Greece, Volumes 1-4. Jones, W.H.S. (William Henry Samuel), translator; Ormerod, Henry Arderne, translator. London, New York: W. Heinemann, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1918-1935.) — 6.20.19 focus

[19] There is another Taraxippus at the Isthmus, namely Glaucus, the son of Sisyphus. They say that he was killed by his horses, when Acastus held his contests in honor of his father. At Nemea of the Argives there was no hero who harmed the horses, but above the turning-point of the chariots rose a rock, red in color, and the flash from it terrified the horses, just as though it had been fire. But the Taraxippus at Olympia is much worse for terrifying the horses. On one turning-post is a bronze statue of Hippodameia carrying a ribbon, and about to crown Pelops with it for his victory.

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