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Timasitheus of Delphi

Timasitheus of Delphi

Late 6th-century Greek soldier and Olympic competitor

For others with this name, see Timasitheus (disambiguation).

Timasitheus (Ancient Greek: Τιμασίθεος) was an athlete of Delphi, who was victorious several times in the pankration at the Olympic and Pythian Games, and was also distinguished as a brave soldier.[1]

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Background

He was one of the partisans of the Athenian archon Isagoras when they seized the Acropolis with the help of Cleomenes I. The citadel was besieged by the Athenians, and Timasitheus was one of those who fell into their hands, and was put to death. Pausanias mentions a statue of Timasitheus at Olympia, the work of Ageladas the Argive.[2][3]

References

  1. [1]
    Elder, Edward (1867), "Timasitheus (2)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 3, Boston, pp. 1135–1136{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. [2]
    Herodotus, v. 72.
  3. [3]
    Pausanias. Description of Greece, vi. 8.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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