Apollodorus (runner)

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Apollodorus (~ 1st century) was an unlucky Macedonian runner who although won in Olympics he was killed by thunder on his way back home. He is commemorated by Antipater of Thessalonica in the below epigram.

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You know Cyllene the Arcadian mountain;That is the monument that covers Apollodorus. As he returned from Pisa by night a thunder from Zeus killed him. Long away from Aiane and Beroia, beaten by Zeus the runner sleeps..

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Kyllenen oros Arkadon akoueis ; haute sem' epikeitai Apollodoroi. Pisethen min ionta nyktos horei ekteinen Diothen peson keraunos.Telou d' Aianes te kai Beroies niketheis Dios ho dromeus katheudei..

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Every year the Road of Apollodoros (Δρόμος Απολλοδώρου) is organized in modern Aiani and Veria (Greece).