This translation is based on a Latin translation of the Armenian translation of the Greek original, in the Schoene-Petermann edition. The references in red are the page numbers from that edition. Go to previous pages [p] Olympiads of the Greeks First Olympiad: From this time onwards, the dates of the Greeks seem to have been accurately recorded; before then, the dates are supplied according to the whim of each writer.
About the institution of the Olympic Games It is necessary to say a little about the origin of the games. Some writers, who trace back the institution of the games to the earliest times, say that they had been held before Heracles , by one of the Idaean Dactyls; and then by Aethlius, as a challenge for his sons from his name, the competitors were called athletes ; and then by his son Epeius; and then Endymion , Alexinus and Oenomaus were each in charge of the sacred festival. Then Pelops held the games in honour of his father Zeus ; and next, Heracles the son of Alcmene.
There were ten generations or, according to some, only three complete festivals from Heracles until the time of Iphitus. Iphitus was a citizen of Elis, who was concerned about the condition of Greece, and wished to rid the cities of their wars. He sent envoys from the whole of the Peloponnese to consult [the god] about release from the wars which gripped them. The god gave this response to the Peloponnesians: You who dwell in the Peloponnese, gather round the altar; Make sacrifice, and obey the instructions of the prophets.
He added these words to the Eleans: Elean servants of the gods, who maintain your ancestral rites, Protect your homeland, and desist from war. Lead the Greeks in mutually just friendship, Until the gathering comes in the year of good will. On this occasion, the only contest was the stadion race; later the other contests were added in their turn. Aristodemus of Elis relates that the victors in the athletic contests began to be registered in the 27th Olympiad after Iphitus.
Before then, no-one had thought to record the athletes' names. In the 28th Olympiad Coroebus of Elis won the stadion race, and he was the first victor to be registered. This was then established as the first Olympiad, from which the Greeks calculate their dates. Polybius says the same as Aristodemus; but Callimachus says that thirteen Olympiads passed after Iphitus without victors being registered; and Coroebus was the victor in the 14th Olympiad. Many writers state that the institution of the games by Heracles the son of Alcmene occurred?
The Eleans hold the games every fifth year, with a gap of four years in between them. The Greek Olympiads, from the first Olympiad up until the th, when Antoninus the son of Severus was emperor of the Romans: The stadion race was the only contest for the first thirteen Olympiads. A pentathlon contest was also added, and the winner was Lampis of Laconia. It was Onomastus who established the rules of boxing. The Carneia , a contest for citharodes , was held for the first time at Sparta.
These games were held by the inhabitants of Pisa , because Elis was preoccupied by a war against Dyme. Lygdamis was massive; he measured out the stadion with his feet, in only six hundred paces. A horse race was added, and the winner was Craxilas of Thessaly. A wrestling contest for boys was added, and the winner was Hipposthenes of Laconia, who won the men's wrestling contest five times in a row, starting from the next-but-one Olympic games.
The winner was Deutelidas of Laconia. He won six times at the Olympic games, six times at the Pythian games, ten times at the Isthmian games, and nine times at the Nemean games. He even brought the bull to Pisa to help his training. A race was added for chariots drawn by a pair of horses, and the winner was Euagoras of Elis. Anticles of Athens, stadion race th [ B. A boys' pancratium competition was introduced, and the first winner was Phaedimus of Alexandria.
He achieved this through the favour of his friends or the kings, and therefore he was regarded as disqualified]. Olympus ], stadion race Aristeas of Stratoniceia or? Maeander was the seventh after Heracles to win both the wrestling and the pancratium competitions. They were held two years later, and Tryphon of Philadelphia won the stadion race. Nero was awarded the crown in the contests for heralds, performers of tragedy and citharodes ; and also in the races for chariots drawn by foals, full-grown horses and ten foals.
Clydeus of Alexandria, stadion race st [ A. It will be fitting to add here lists of the kings of the Corinthians , kings of the Spartans , rulers of the sea and the early kings of the Macedonians. I will set down in order their names and their dates, taking them from the Historical Library of Diodorus , who gives a very accurate account of them. The kings of the Corinthians - from the books of Diodorus After thoroughly investigating that, it remains to tell how Corinth and Sicyon were settled by the Dorians.
Almost all the nations in the Peloponnese , except the Arcadians , were uprooted by the return of the Heracleidae. In their division of the land, the Heracleidae picked out Corinth and the surrounding area; they sent for Aletes , and awarded the territory to him. Aletes became a distinguished king and increased the power of Corinth; he reigned for 38 years.
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After the death of Aletes, his descendants ruled the land, the eldest son succeeding in every case, until the tyrant Cypselus , who [came to power] years after the return of the Heracleidae. The first of them to become king was Ixion , for 38 years. Then Prymnis, for 35 years. Then Bacchis, also for 35 years. Bacchis was the most distinguished of the kings up to his time; so that the kings after him called themselves Bacchidae instead of Heracleidae. Then Agelas, for 30 years. Eudemus, for 25 years. Aristomedes, for 35 years.
When Aristomedes died, his son Telestes was still a child; and so the direct succession was interrupted by his uncle and guardian Agemon , for 16 years. Then Alexander was king, for 25 years. Telestes, who earlier had been deprived of his father's kingdom, killed Alexander, and ruled for 12 years. Automenes ruled for one year, after Telestes was killed by his relatives. The Bacchidae, descendants of Heracles who were more than in number, seized power and jointly governed the city; each year they chose one of their number to be president, in place of the king.
They governed the city for 90 years, until they were suppressed by the tyrant Cypselus.
The kings of the Corinthians are as follows: Aletes - for 35 years Ixion - for 37 years Agelas - for 37 years Prymnis - for 35 years Bacchis - for 35 years Agelas - for 30 years Eudemus - for 25 years Aristomedes - for 35 years Agemon - for 16 years Alexander - for 25 years Telestes - for 12 years Automenes - for one year After which there were annual presidents. The kings of the Spartans - from the books of Diodorus It happens that it is difficult to establish the dates between the Trojan war and the first Olympiad , because at that time there were no annual magistrates either at Athens or at any other city.
Therefore we will take the kings of the Spartans as an example. According to Apollodorus of Athens, there were years from the destruction of Troy [ B. We will set down the order of [the kings of] each family up until the first Olympiad. Eurysthenes began his reign in the 80th year after the Trojan war, and he was king for 42 years. After him, Agis reigned for one year. Echestratus for 31 years. After him, Labotas reigned for 37 years. Dorystus for 29 years. They were followed by Agesilaus , who reigned for 44 years.
Well, the word itself coined by a Hungarian-born scientist nearly 70 years ago is of Greek origin.
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When the Greeks wanted to create a replication of reality, they crafted marble and bronze statues in the likenesses of humans, animals, monsters and gods. They even had special effects. A lost work by the playwright Euripides called for a mechanical flying horse ridden by a god to swoop over the audience and rescue the young heroes trapped at the top of a high tower. The Greeks were pushing the limits of their technology to expand the human mind through visual means.
Imagine the stories that they would have been able to tell. Someday I would love to make a hologram recreating the main setting for my tale: That place lies in ruins now and is inhabited by nothing more than grazing cows and tortoises. Imagine being able to read my book, and then, through the magic of augmented reality, conjuring up a recreated model of the citadel as it appeared in its heyday.
The possibilities for enhanced narratives are endless. Love Death and Hate Your Foe free novella. Check out the trilogy page on Amazon. It perfectly encapsulates the ethos of the ancient Greek warriors. The idea of dishonor was much more horrible to them than the notion of dying. And thus they were taught to hate the enemy more than they loved their own lives. Only then could they protect their homes and city-states and win honor. In my books, one of the heroes is an old man named Menesarkus. In this tale we get to see Menesarkus as a young man facing death against the seemingly overwhelming might of the Persian invaders.
Download the free PDF here. I think all three books look cool together. It will be interesting to see how the foreign publishers do the covers Brazil and Italy. Greek translations have been done for the first two books and here are those covers. The Warrior Trilogy is around thousand words. But the story of Nikias, Kolax, Chusor and the people of Plataea is not yet completed.
It was designed by my friend Isaac Colgan. He created this amazing image that conjures a Persian and Greek warrior curling into existence from the smoke of a torch fire. The book is called Spartans at the Gates and it starts up a day after the first book ends, with my hero Nikias heading off on a desperate mission to Athens from his home—the independent city-state of Plataea.
One of the hardest things to get for a book before it is published is a blurb from another writer, especially for a new series like this one.
Historical fiction authors are notorious for not helping each other out. But not Angus Donald. Angus gave me a blurb for Spartans at the Gates that is just incredible. I have to turn in the first draft on May 1st. While the second book in the series takes place mostly in Athens check out my Tumblr photos of my trip there last summer , Sword of Apollo heads to the seas with Nikias and his friends aboard a trireme triple-decked warship. Spartans at the Gates hits the few bookstores that are left but mostly Amazon on June 24th.
Sword of Apollo will arrive a year later in the summer of And check out my interview with American Athenaeum Magazine where I talk about the Warrior Trilogy, Tolkien and what influenced me to become a writer. The book is quite an accomplishment in how it recreates the past in such a lively and innovative way, one that contemporary readers can easily connect, with.
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