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'''Damarchus''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Δάμαρχος, ~400 BC) was a victorious [[Olympic]] boxer from [[Parrhasia (Arcadia)]] said to have changed his shape into that of a wolf at the sacrifice of [[Lykaia|Lycaean]] Zeus, becoming a man after nine years.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]]. ''[[Description of Greece]]'', [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Paus.+6.8.2] - "As to the boxer, by name Damarchus, an Arcadian of Parrhasia, I cannot believe (except, of course, his Olympic victory) what romancers say about him, how he changed his shape into that of a wolf at the sacrifice of Lycaean (Wolf) Zeus, and how nine years after he became a man again. Nor do I think that the Arcadians either record this of him, otherwise it would have been recorded as well in the inscription at Olympia, which runs:-- ''This statue was dedicated by Damarchus, son of Dinytas, Parrhasian by birth from Arcadia.''"</ref> |
'''Damarchus''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Δάμαρχος, ~400 BC) was a victorious [[Olympic]] boxer from [[Parrhasia (Arcadia)]] said to have changed his shape into that of a wolf at the sacrifice of [[Lykaia|Lycaean]] Zeus, becoming a man after nine years.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]]. ''[[Description of Greece]]'', [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Paus.+6.8.2] - "As to the boxer, by name Damarchus, an Arcadian of Parrhasia, I cannot believe (except, of course, his Olympic victory) what romancers say about him, how he changed his shape into that of a wolf at the sacrifice of Lycaean (Wolf) Zeus, and how nine years after he became a man again. Nor do I think that the Arcadians either record this of him, otherwise it would have been recorded as well in the inscription at Olympia, which runs:-- ''This statue was dedicated by Damarchus, son of Dinytas, Parrhasian by birth from Arcadia.''"</ref> |
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Revision as of 14:30, 31 May 2008
Damarchus (Greek: Δάμαρχος, ~400 BC) was a victorious Olympic boxer from Parrhasia (Arcadia) said to have changed his shape into that of a wolf at the sacrifice of Lycaean Zeus, becoming a man after nine years.[1]
References
- ^ Pausanias. Description of Greece, [1] - "As to the boxer, by name Damarchus, an Arcadian of Parrhasia, I cannot believe (except, of course, his Olympic victory) what romancers say about him, how he changed his shape into that of a wolf at the sacrifice of Lycaean (Wolf) Zeus, and how nine years after he became a man again. Nor do I think that the Arcadians either record this of him, otherwise it would have been recorded as well in the inscription at Olympia, which runs:-- This statue was dedicated by Damarchus, son of Dinytas, Parrhasian by birth from Arcadia."