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Quite close to the statue of Aristeides stands Menalces of Elis , Proclaimed victor at Olympia in the pentathlum, along with Philonides son of Zotes, who was a native of Chersonesus in Crete , and a courier of Alexander the son of Philip. After him comes Brimias of Elis , victor in the men's boxing-match, Leonidas from Naxos in the Aegean , a statue dedicated by the Arcadians of Psophis , a statue of Asamon, victor in the men's boxing-match, and a statue of Nicander, who won two victories at Olympia in the double course and six victories in foot-races of various kinds at the Nemean games. 1 Asamon and Nicander were Eleans the statue of the latter was made by Daippus, that of Asamon by the Messenian Pyrilampes.
Quite close to the statue of Aristeides stands Menalces of Elis , Proclaimed victor at Olympia in the pentathlum, along with Philonides son of Zotes, who was a native of Chersonesus in Crete , and a courier of Alexander the son of Philip. After him comes Brimias of Elis , victor in the men's boxing-match, Leonidas from Naxos in the Aegean , a statue dedicated by the Arcadians of Psophis , a statue of Asamon, victor in the men's boxing-match, and a statue of Nicander, who won two victories at Olympia in the double course and six victories in foot-races of various kinds at the Nemean games. 1 Asamon and Nicander were Eleans the statue of the latter was made by Daippus, that of Asamon by the Messenian Pyrilampes.
Description of Greece. Pausanias. W.H.S. Jones (Translator), H.A. Ormerod (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1918-1935.
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