Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Art by Walter Woodburn Hyde

Hyde, Walter Woodburn, 1871-1966

Chapter 168: 30. Sarapion, of Alexandria, Egypt.[2525] Pausanias mentions two

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Chapter 168: 30. Sarapion, of Alexandria, Egypt.[2525] Pausanias mentions two

statues of this victor, which stood on either side of the entrance to the Gymnasion in Elis known as the Maltho. He adds that they were erected by the Eleans in gratitude for the bestowal of corn in a time of famine (VI, 23.6). He is not to be confounded with other victors of the same name.[2526] Of the second century A. D.:
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