Arrhichion
Arrhichion of Phigaleia (also Arrachion ; † August or September 564 BC ) was an Olympian of the ancient Olympic Games .
Arrhichion, who at the Games of 572 BC. BC and 568 BC The Pankration had won, occurred again at the games in 564 BC. Chr. In this fight he was almost defeated because his head was in the leg scissors of his opponent. He didn't want to give up, however; in order to avert the task, he broke the toes of his opponent with the last of his strength, who then gave up first. At the same moment, however, Arrhichion suffocated. Thus Arrhichion was posthumously declared victor.
swell
- Pausanias 8:40 , 1-2.
- Philostratos , gymnastics 21.
- Philostratus, Eikones 2, 6.
literature
- Robert H. Brophy: Deaths in the pan-Hellenic games: Arrachion and Creugas. In: American Journal of Philology. Vol. 99, No. 3, 1978, ISSN 0002-9475 , pp. 363-390.
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| SURNAME | Arrhichion |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Olympians of the Ancient Olympic Games |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 564 BC BC or September 564 BC Chr. |