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Parian marble statue erected on 30'-tall base in front of temple of Zeus, Olympia, ca. 420 B.C. Stewart, T81: Inscription from base, Olympia 5 no. 259    The Messenians and Naupaktians dedicated this to    Olympian Zeus as a tithe from their enemies.    Paionios of Mende made it and was victorious in making    the akroteria for the temple. Stewart, T82: Pausanias 5.26.1 The Dorian Messenians who at one time received Naupaktos from the Athenians dedicated at Olympia the image of Nike on a pillar. It is the work of Paionios of Mende, made from spoils taken from the enemy, I think from the war with the Akarnanians and the people of Oiniadai [452]. The Messenians themselves say than their dedication resulted from their exploit on the island of Sphakteria along with the Athenians [425], and that they did not inscribe the name of the enemy through fear of the Spartans, whereas they had no fear at all of the people of Oiniadai and Akarnania.