Cleomedes of Astypalaia
Cleomedes of Astypalaia ( Greek Κλεομήδης Ἀστυπαλαιεύς ) was a famous pugilist .
In the event of his victory at the 72nd Olympic Games (492 BC), Cleomedes vowed to sacrifice a white bull for the god Apollo . Because he defeated his opponent Ikkos from Epidauros in a fist fight at the games , but killed him with an illegal blow, the Hellanodiken (referees) refused to award him the prize. This made him so mad that he returned to Astypalaia , penetrated the school where he had learned his fighting skills and tore down a supporting pillar. The building collapsed and buried 60 boys under itself. He was able to escape the threatened stoning by his fellow citizens by fleeing to a temple of the goddess Athena . But the angry people followed him there too. He was hiding in a box, and when it was broken open he was no longer in it; rather, there was no trace of him. The Oracle of Delphi , consulted for this, announced that he would be sacrificed as the last of the heroes of Greece.
literature
- Wilhelm Kroll : Kleomedes 4). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XI, 1, Stuttgart 1921, Col. 694.
- Cleomedes . In: Wilhelm Vollmer (ed.), Dictionary of Mythology . Stuttgart 1874, p. 141.
Remarks
- ↑ Pausanias 6: 9, 6-8; Plutarch , Romulus 28; Eusebius of Caesarea , Praeparatio evangelica 5, 34, 2ff .; Origen , Contra Celsum 3, 33.