42 EARLY GREEK GAMES AND PRIZES. 
Macedonia, and Alexander’s Empire. One was erected in honor of 
the philosopher Aristotle,” one in honor of the rhetorician Gorgias of 
Leontini,’ one in honor of a hunter,‘ another in honor of a flute-player,® 
and many others in honor of public and private men. ‘These statues 
were set up for various reasons. Archidamas III of Sparta had his 
statues erected to his memory because he was the only Spartan king 
who died abroad and did not receive a formal burial. Kylon had a 
statue erected by the Aitolians because he freed the Eleans from the 
tyranny of Aristotimos.® Pythes of Abdera was thus honored by his 
soldiers because of his militaty prowess.’ Philonides of Crete was, as 
we learn from the recovered inscription on his statue base, the courier of 
Alexander the Great.’ Pythokritos was honored for his flute-playing, 
though he does not appear to have been a victor.’ The Palaians of 
Kephallenia honored Timoptolis of -Elis,'° and the Aitolians honored 
the Elean Olaidas" for unknown reasons. At least seven, if not 
eight, of those thus honored with statues were Eleans. Some of the 
men who had honor statues were also victors at Olympia, a fact which 
would appear on the inscribed base. “Thus Aratos, the son of Kleinias 
of Sikyon, the statesman, had a statue erected to him by the Corinthians. 
This was doubtless an honor statue, though Pausanias also says he was a 
chariot-victor.!2. On the other hand, the statue erected in honor of the 
pentathlete Stomios was probably a victor monument, though Pau- 
sanias says that its inscription records that he was an Elean cavalry 
general who challenged the enemy to a duel, in which he was slain.8 In 
some cases it is hard to decide whether the statue is honorary or victor 
in character. , InAhe course of time honor statues Daim 5 oe 
those of athle ecreased. The recovered i1 inscriptions on the latter— 
decrease steadily in the fourth and third centuries B. C., revive again 
in the second and first, and decrease in the first Christian century. 
They cease almost-entirely after the middle of the second century A. D. 

1Philip II, son of Amyntas; Alexander the Great; Seleukos Nikator, son of Antiochos; Antigonos, 
son of Philip, surnamed Monophthalmos; these four princes had statues together: P., VI, 11.1; 
Hyde, 103 a,b, c,d. Antigonos had also other statues in different parts of the Altis: P., VI, 15.7; 
Hyde, 147 f; Inschr. v. Ol., 305; VI, 16.2; Hyde, 151 b. Antigonos Doson and Philip III had 
statues together: P., VI, 16.3; Hyde, 152 a. The Syrian king Seleukos Nikator had another 
statue at Olympia: P., VI, 16.2; Hyde, 151c. -Three of the Egyptian dynasty had statues: 
Ptolemy Lagi, P., VI, 15.10; Hyde, 149 a; Philadelphus, P., VI, 17.3; Hyde, 173 a; and another 
whose name is uncertain, P., VI, 16.9; Hyde, 166 a. 
2P., VI, 4.8; Hyde, 41 b. 3P., VI, 17.7; Hyde, 184 a; Inschr. v. OL., 293. 
4P., VI, 15.7; Hyde, 147 d. 5P., VI, 14.9-10; Hyde, 128 b. 
6P., VI, 14.11; Hyde,128 .¢: an Ol) 127) (= 272 Bee) 
7P., VI, 14.12; Hyde, 134 a; erected between Ols. (?) 103 and 115 (=368 and 320 B. C.). 
8P., VI, 16.5; Imschr. v. Ol., 276, 277; Hyde, 154 a. 9P., VI, 14.9-10. 
10P., VI; 15. 7s Hyde, 147 b. up, VI, 15:2; Hyde, 143 a, 
LVI, 12351 The date of his victory is ikon re fell probably in Ol. 134 or 135 (=244 
or 240 B. C.): Hyde, 105 c and pp. 44-5; Parga 463. 
13He won some time between Ols. (?) 99 and 102 (=384 and 372 B. C.): P., VI, 3.2-3; 
Hyde, 23 and pp. 30-1; Foerster, 335. 
