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Desmon of Corinth was an ancient Greek athlete from Corinth, who won the stadion race of the 14th Ancient Olympic Games in 724 BC. These were the first...

city-state (polis) on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnese peninsula to the mainland of Greece, roughly halfway between...

Oxythemis of Cleonae or Coroneia 13th Olympiad 728 BC - Diocles of Corinth 14th Olympiad 724 BC - Desmon of Corinth 15th Olympiad 720 BC - Orsippus of Megara...

724 BC—Desmon of Corinth wins the stadion race at the 14th Olympic Games. 722 BC—In the fifth month of the year during the summer, Duke Zhuang of Zheng...

a Ptolemaic queen and co-regent of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of ancient Egypt. She was given the Egyptian title "King of Upper and Lower Egypt", making her...

268 BC) was Queen of Egypt by marriage to Ptolemy I Soter. She became the second queen, after Eurydice, of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt. Berenice was...

Tellis of Sicyon was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 18th Olympiad (708 BC). He was the...

Sarapion of Alexandria was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 204th Olympiad (37 AD). He was...

Icarius of Hyperesia was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 23rd Olympiad (688 BC). After...

Glycon of Croton was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 48th Olympiad (588 BC). He was the...

Games at Nemea; and the Isthmian Games, held near Corinth. The Olympic Games were perhaps the greatest of these sporting events, and all Olympian victors...

Atheradas of Laconia was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 20th Olympiad (700 BC). After...

Hagnon of Peparethus was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 53rd Olympiad (568 BC). He was...

Philalethes Depictions of the sacrifice of Iphigenia Dercylidas Dereium Derveni Krater Derveni papyrus Descent of Perithous Desmon of Corinth Despinis Head Despoina...

Gelon of Laconia was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 44th Olympiad (604 BC). He was already...

Micion of Boeotia was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 146th Olympiad (196 BC). He appears...

Pythagoras of Laconia was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 16th Olympiad (716 BC). He was...

from Athens, is listed as a victor in the stadion race of the 110th Olympiad (340 BC). Eusebius of Caesarea refers his name as Anikles, but Diodorus Siculus...

Cleondas of Thebes was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 41st Olympiad (616 BC). Dionysius of Halicarnassus...

Astylos of Croton or Astylus of Croton (Ἄστυλος/Ἀστύαλος ὁ Κροτωνιάτης) was an ancient Greek athlete who competed in three successive Olympic Games. In...