Dandes of Argos

Dandes of Argos was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 77th Olympiad (472 BC).[1] He won two races, but the first was probably in the boys category, maybe in the 75th Olympiad eight years earlier. He also won once at the Pythian Games and three times at the Nemean Games.[2] His victories were celebrated by Simonides of Ceos in a poem.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Eusebius of Caesarea, Chronicle .
  2. ↑ Diodorus Siculus, 11,53 and Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 9,37
  3. ↑ Poetae lyrici Graeci rec. Theod. Bergk, 4th ed., 3 volumes, Leipzig 1878-82, vol. 3, 473, n. 125.

See also

Olympic winners of the Stadion race