Aurelios Zopyros

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Markos Aurelios Zopyros , son of an Athenian boxer, is one of the last two known Olympians of the ancient Olympic Games , before they were banned by Theodosius I as a pagan ceremony in AD 394. He was 385 winner in the boys' fist fight . His brother Eukarpides was also Olympic champion 381 in the pankration of boys.

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  1. Mark Golden: Sport in the ancient world from A to Z. Routledge, London et al. 2004, ISBN 0-415-24881-7 , p. 24 (English).