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'''Psaumis of Camarina''' ({{lang-el|Ψαύμις Καμαριναίος}})was the [[tyrant]] of [[Kamarina, Sicily|Camarina]] and a [[charioteer]] who won the [[Ancient Olympic games|Olympic]] [[biga|two-mule]] chariot race in the 82nd Olympiad (461 BCE). An pair of odes attributed to [[Pindar]] (''Olympia''n 4 & 5) celebrate his victory, but these may actually be the work of a Sicilian imitator of Pindar. |
'''Psaumis of Camarina''' ({{lang-el|Ψαύμις Καμαριναίος}}) was the [[tyrant]] of [[Kamarina, Sicily|Camarina]] and a [[charioteer]] who won the [[Ancient Olympic games|Olympic]] [[biga|two-mule]] chariot race in the 82nd Olympiad (461 BCE). An pair of odes attributed to [[Pindar]] (''Olympia''n 4 & 5) celebrate his victory, but these may actually be the work of a Sicilian imitator of Pindar. |
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Camarina was destroyed and re-founded several times in antiquity. Its third re-foundation with Psaumis as ''[[oecist]]'' (founder) must have been around the same time as his Olympic victory, as one of the odes refers to it as "his new-found abode" and alludes to rapid growth occurring there as the city re-built. According to [[Thucydides]], the settlers came from nearby [[Gela]].<ref>[[William Smith]], [[Doctor of Letters|LLD]], ''[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography]]'', "Camarina" (London:1854)</ref> |
Camarina was destroyed and re-founded several times in antiquity. Its third re-foundation with Psaumis as ''[[oecist]]'' (founder) must have been around the same time as his Olympic victory, as one of the odes refers to it as "his new-found abode" and alludes to rapid growth occurring there as the city re-built. According to [[Thucydides]], the settlers came from nearby [[Gela]].<ref>[[William Smith]], [[Doctor of Letters|LLD]], ''[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography]]'', "Camarina" (London:1854)</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:09, 18 May 2015
Psaumis of Camarina (Template:Lang-el) was the tyrant of Camarina and a charioteer who won the Olympic two-mule chariot race in the 82nd Olympiad (461 BCE). An pair of odes attributed to Pindar (Olympian 4 & 5) celebrate his victory, but these may actually be the work of a Sicilian imitator of Pindar.
Camarina was destroyed and re-founded several times in antiquity. Its third re-foundation with Psaumis as oecist (founder) must have been around the same time as his Olympic victory, as one of the odes refers to it as "his new-found abode" and alludes to rapid growth occurring there as the city re-built. According to Thucydides, the settlers came from nearby Gela.[1]
References
- ^ William Smith, LLD, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, "Camarina" (London:1854)
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