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Philostratus or Lucius Flavius Philostratus, called "the Athenian", was a Greek sophist of the Roman imperial period. His father was a minor sophist of the same name. He flourished during the reign of Septimius Severus (193–211) and died during that of Philip the Arab (244–249), probably in Tyre.
Panhellenic Games is the collective term for four separate religious festivals held in ancient Greece that became especially well known for the athletic competitions they included. The four festivals were: the Olympic Games, which were held at Olympia in honor of Zeus; the Pythian Games, which took place in Delphi and honored Apollo; the Nemean Games, occurring at Nemea and also honoring Zeus; and, finally, the Isthmian Games set in Isthmia and held in honor of Poseidon. The places at which these games were held were considered to be "the four great panhellenic sanctuaries." Each of these Games took place in turn every four years, starting with the Olympics. Along with the fame and notoriety of winning the ancient Games, the athletes earned different crowns of leaves from the different Games. From the Olympics, the victor won an olive wreath, from the Pythian Games a laurel wreath, from the Nemean Games a crown of wild celery leaves, and from the Isthmian Games a crown of pine.
The Nemean Games were one of the four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece, and were held at Nemea every two years.
Coroebus of Elis was a Greek cook, baker, and athlete from Elis. He is remembered as the winner of the first recorded Olympics, which consisted of a single footrace known as the stade or stadion. He is frequently described as having won the first Olympic Games, but Eusebius and other ancient writers stated that he was simply the first recorded winner, variously placing the first games in the Heroic Age, 27 olympiads before Coroebus, or 13 olympiads before. Coroebus being the earliest winner known to Hippias, his is still reckoned the "1st Olympiad"; following Hippias's dating, his victory is generally placed in the summer of the year 776 BC. The stadium at Olympia was one stade long and the competition was still clothed in his time, naked competition beginning with Orsippus around 720 BC. For winning the race, Coroebus received an olive wreath and was later revered by the people of Elis, his grave still being known in the time of Pausanias.
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Tellis of Sicyon was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 18th Olympiad. He was the first winner from Sicyon.
Pythagoras of Laconia was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 16th Olympiad.
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Icarius of Hyperesia was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 23rd Olympiad. After Oebotas of Dyme he was the second runner from Achaea to win at the Olympic Games. Pausanias refers to him as Ikaros.
Cleondas of Thebes was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 41st Olympiad. Dionysius of Halicarnassus refers his name as "Kleonidas". He appears to be the only Theban runner to win at the Olympic Games, while there were at least two more Boeotians in the same category: Oxythemis of Coroneia in 732 BC and Micion of Boeotia in 196 BC.
Micion of Boeotia was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 146th Olympiad. He appears to be only the third Boeotian runner to win at the Olympic Games, following Oxythemis of Coroneia in 732 BC and Cleondas of Thebes in 616 BC.
Hagnon of Peparethus was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 53rd Olympiad. He was the first winner from the Aegean Islands and the only winner from the Sporades.
Hermogenes, son of Apollonios also known as Hermogenes of Xanthos, became a Roman citizen under the name Titus Flavius Hermogenes, whose nickname was "the Horse". He was a Greek athlete from the city-state of Xanthos in Lycia, living in the 1st century AD.
References
- ↑ Eusebius Chronicon (English translation from Latin, original Greek lost) at Attalus.org
- ↑ Flavius Philostratus, Gymnasticus, ed. C. L. Kayser, Leipzig 1870/71, vol. 2, p. 261-293.
