Pantaleon (King of Pisa)
Pantaleon ( Greek Πανταλέων ) was around 600 BC. The ruler and tyrant of Pisa in ancient Greece .
Pantaleon supported the Spartans in the Second Messenian War . In the subsequent conflict with Elis he was successful and brought the Pisaten to preside over the ancient Olympic Games for several years . His firstborn son Damophon followed him first in the rule, then his son Pyrrhus . Pyrrhos resumed the old conflict with Elis in the 50th Olympiad , but was defeated despite the support of the Skilluntier , Makistier and Dyspontier , so that Pisa in the year 572 B.C. Was smashed and incorporated into the Elish region. From that time on, the chair of the Olympic Games fell to Elis.
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literature
- Gerhard Dobesch : Pantaleon 1. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 4, Stuttgart 1972, column 468.
- Mait Kõiv: Early History of Elis and Pisa: Invented or Evolving Traditions? In: Klio . Vol. 95, 2013, pp. 315-368.
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| SURNAME | Pantaleon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient ruler of Pisa |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th century BC Chr. |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pisa |
| DATE OF DEATH | 6th century BC Chr. |