Melanoma

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Melankomas from Caria (i.e. the black-haired , from Greek: μέλας = black and κόμη = hair) (* 1st century; † around 70 AD in Naples ) was a successful Greek boxer from Caria in what is now Turkey .

Melankomas won the 207th Olympic Games in AD 49

Melankomas was best known through the writings of Dion Chrysostom . He praised him in his works as the perfect athlete who, in addition to physical beauty and great endurance in training, had the ability to never be beaten. at the time of his death he had won more victories than any Greek boxer before him.

His fighting style was reportedly based on total defense. He reportedly defended himself so well that he didn't take a hit, and at the end of the day his opponents gave up in frustration and exhaustion.

207th Olympic Games

Melankomas the Younger (son of Melankomas) is unlikely to win the 207th Olympic Games in 49, as Dion Chrysostom praised the athlete's youth in his praises on the occasion of his death in 70.

Since a man in ancient Greece was considered a youth between 16 and 30, he could have been a maximum of 9 years old in 49.

As a result, it is more likely that the winner of the Olympic Games in 49 was his father Melankomas the elder.

Death in Naples

Melankomas died at the celebration of the 19th Augustalia in Naples , and not, as is often claimed, at the Olympic Games .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Friedrich August von Arnim: Life and Works of Dio von Prusa: with an introduction: sophistry, rhetoric, philosophy in their struggle for youth education . tape 2 . Georg Olms Verlag, 1898, p. 523 .
  2. ^ Herrmann-Otto, Elisabeth .: The culture of aging from antiquity to the present . Röhrig Univ.-Verl, St. Ingbert 2004, ISBN 3-86110-372-9 .
  3. ↑ Hans Friedrich August von Arnim: Life and Works of Dio von Prusa: with an introduction: sophistry, rhetoric, philosophy in their struggle for youth education . tape 2 . Georg Olms Verlag, 1898, p. 523 .
personal data
SURNAME Melanoma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Melanoma from Caria; Melankomas the Younger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek boxer
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century
DATE OF DEATH at 70
Place of death Naples