Hagesias of Syracuse
Hagesias of Syracuse ( Greek Ἀγησίας ) was a in the 5th century BC. Living Olympic champion of the Olympic Games .
Hagesias was the son of Sostratos from a branch of the Iamids , naturalized in Syracuse , who functioned at the altar of Zeus in Olympia . It was the custom of Iamiden, Oracle wander speaking, predominantly in the Spartans and other Dorians as well as the Arcadians . One of the ancestors of Hagesias, presumably of Stymphalus , came to Corinth and accompanied Archias when he set out to found Syracuse. Hagesias shared the Iamids' inclination to gymnastic fighting and in 468 BC wore it. The victory in the mule race in Olympia. Pindar celebrates this victory at the 78th Olympic Games in the sixth Olympic Ode . He was in the military service of the tyrant Hieron I of Syracuse and was murdered by the people after his death (467 BC).
literature
- Friedrich Cauer : Agesias 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 795.
- Luigi Moretti : Olympionikai, i vincitori negli antichi agoni olimpici. In: Memorie della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Morali, Storiche e Filologiche Ser. 8, vol. 8, fasc. 2 (1957), p. 94 no.248.
- Klaus Meister : Agesias 1. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 1, Metzler, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-476-01471-1 , column 253 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scholion zu Pindar, Ode 6, 165.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hagesias of Syracuse |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ἀγησίας (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek Olympic Champion |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th century BC Chr. |