Akestorides (Olympian)

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Akestorides ( Greek  Ἀκεστορίδης ) was an ancient charioteer and Olympian of the 3rd century BC. Chr.

He is by marble statues basis from the sanctuary of Olympia known, with an honorable epigram is described. The stone was found in 1877 east of the Temple of Zeus , where it had been installed as a spoiler at an unknown point in time after its inscription . In the inscription, Akestorides prides himself on being the “first Troy” (“Πρῶτος ... Τρώων”) to have won a victory at the Olympic Games . In addition, he also took part victoriously in competitions in Lousoi , Epidauros , Pheneos and Nemea .

Originally, due to the self-designation as "Trojans", it was assumed that Akestorides came from the city of Ilion, the former Troy . Wilhelm Dittenberger and Karl Purgold showed in 1896, however, that the designation of origin in this context could not refer to the mythical Troy, which at that time was officially called Ilion, or to the surrounding landscape of Troas in general . Rather, the local city of Alexandria Troas , which was 30 kilometers south of Troy, must be specifically meant.

The letter shapes of the inscription suggest that it was dated to the late 3rd century BC at the earliest. Chr. Georg Kaibel even spoke out for the 1st century BC. And Jean Bingen still represented a dating to the 2nd or 1st century BC in 1953. From the work of Pausanias it is known, however, that 200 BC BC a certain Phaidimos from Troas would have triumphed in the pankration of the boys. Therefore, the victory of Akestorides must be no later than 204 BC. BC, especially since the statements of ancient athletes that they were the first in a certain group of people to have won a victory, apply in all verifiable cases.

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  1. ^ Wilhelm Dittenberger, Karl Purgold: The inscriptions of Olympia. A. Asher & co., Berlin 1896, Col. 311.
  2. ^ Wilhelm Dittenberger, Karl Purgold: The inscriptions of Olympia. A. Asher & co., Berlin 1896, Col. 313 f.
  3. ^ Georg Kaibel: Epigrammata Graeca ex lapidibus conlecta. G. Reimer, Berlin 1878, p. XIX f. ( Digitized version ).
  4. ^ Jean Bingen: Inscriptions du Péloponnèse. In: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique . Volume 77, 1953, pp. 616-646, here pp. 630-633.
  5. ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece 5,8,11.
  6. ^ Wilhelm Dittenberger, Karl Purgold: The inscriptions of Olympia. A. Asher & co., Berlin 1896, Sp. 313.
  7. ^ Luigi Moretti: Olympionikai, i vincitori negli antichi agoni olimpici. In: Memorie della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Morali, Storiche e Filologiche 8,8,2, 1957, pp. 57-198, No. 590.
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SURNAME Akestorides
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek Olympic Champion
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr.