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THE OLYMPIAN EPINIKIA

Ode	Date	Contest	Victor	Notes
1	476	kales	Hieron of Syracuse	Tyrant of Gela (485-478), and of Syracuse (478-466)
2	476	tethrippon	Theron of Akragas	Tyrant of Akragas (488-472). Cadmean intermarried with Syracusan tyrants.
3	476	tethrippon	Theron of Akragas	Gelon was his son-in-law, and then Polyzelus
4	452	tethrippon	Psaumis of Camarina	Camarina in southern Italy was a colony of Syracuse
5	448 ?	tethrippon	Psaumis of Camarina	he was a free citizen
6	472 ?	mule-chariot	Hegesias of Syracuse	A citizen, descended from one of the co-founders; also a citizen of Stymphalos in Arcadia
7	464	boxing (pykte)	Diagoras of Rhodes	His father was probably prytanis of Ialysos on Rhodes. He was a descendant of the Eratidai, who were Herakleidai.
8	460	boys' wrestling	Alcimedon of Aegina	A member of the Blepiadai, descendants of Aeacus; his brother won at Nemea
9	468	wrestling	Epharmostos of Opos	A friend or relative of a proxenos of Thebes.
10	476	boys' boxing	Hagesidamos of Lokris	in southern Italy
11	476	boys' boxing	Hagesidamos of Lokris	in southern Italy
12	472	dolichos	Ergoteles of Himera	An exile from Knossos in Crete, now a citizen of Himera in Sicily
13	464	stadion & pentathlon	Xenophon of Corinth	His father, Thessalos, won the stadion in 504; Xenophon previously won twice at the Isthmia and once at Nemea.
14	488?	stadion for boys	Asopichos of Orchomenos	in Boeotia, northwest of Thebes

 

THE PYTHIAN EPINIKIA

Ode	Date	Contest	Victor	Notes
1	470	tethrippon	Hieron of Aetna	in Sicily. Hieron of Syracuse was the founder of Aetna. This victor is also celebrated by Bacchylides (Ode 4)
2	478 ?	tethrippon	Hieron of Syracuse	in the Theban Iolaia, not a Pythian Victory
3	474 ?	keles	Hieron of Syracuse	victories of the horse Pherenikos in 482, 478 and (at Olympia) in 476.
4	462	tethrippon	Ackesilas of Cyrene	son of Battos IV, king of Cyrene
5	462	tethrippon	Arkesilas of Cyrene	the Charioteer was brother of the Queen of Cyrene
6	490	tethrippon	Xenokrates of Akragas	younger brother of Theron of Akragas; Xenokrates' son drove the chariot
7	456	tethrippon	Megakles of Athens	son of Hippokrates, nephew of Kleisthenes of Athens, and thus great-grandson of Alkmaion and of the tyrant of Sikyon, Kleisthenes
8	446	wrestling for boys	Aristomenes of Aegina	one uncle had won at Olympia, another at the Isthmos
9	476	hoplitodromos	Telesikrates of Cyrene	also won the stadion in 474; a descendant of Alexidamos
10	498	diaulos for boys	Hippokles of Thessaly	of Pelinna. His father had won twice at Olympia, once at Delphi
11	476	stadion for boys	Thrasydaios of Thebes	of a wealthy and illustrious family. His father won a Pythian victory and another family member the tethrippon at Olympia
12	490	flute	Midas of Akragas	also won for the flute in 486. Midas taught Lamprokles of Athens, who taught Sophokles the dramatist.

 

THE NEMEAN EPINIKIA

Ode	Date	Contest	Victor	Notes
1	476 ?	tethrippon	Chromios of Aetna	a Heraklid, originally from Gela; he married the sister of Gelon the Tyrant, and was a general of Hieron, Gelon's brother
2	485 ?	pankration	Timodemos of Acharnaia	in Athens. He belonged to the aristocratic family of Timodemidai
3	475 ?	pankration	Aristokleides of Aegina	He belonged to a guild of Festival-Envoys from Aegina to Delphi
4	473 ?	boys' wrestling	Timesarchos of Aegina	father of a musician, grandfather of a poet, uncle of a victor at the Isthmian Games. Member of the family of Theandridai.
5	485 ?	boys' wrestling	Pytheas of Aegina	son of Lampon; his younger brother won the pankration in 484 and 480 at the Isthmian Games.
6	463 ?	boys' wrestling	Alkimidas of Aegina	belonged to the clan of the Bassidai, who were Herakleidai.
7	485 ?	boys' pankration	Sogenes of Aegina	a member of the clan of the Euxenidai
8	459 ?	diaulos	Deinias of Aegina	son of Megas, a Nemean victor, member of the clan of the Chariadai
[9]	474 ?	tethrippon	Chromios of Aetna	[not really a Nemean Ode; from the chariot races at Sikyon]
[10]	463 ?	wrestling	Theseus of Argos	[not really a Nemean Ode; from the Hekatomboea of Hera at Argos]
[11]	446 ?	political	Aristagoras of Tenedos	[not an epinikion; on the occasion of his election as Prytanis of the Boule at Tenedos].

 

THE ISTHMIAN EPINIKIA

Ode	Date	Contest	Victor	Notes
1	458 ?	tethrippon	Herodotus of Thebes	son of Asopodoros, son of Timander of Thebes
2	472 ?	tethrippon	Xenocrates of Akragas
[3]	477	tethrippon	Melissos of Thebes	[chariot race at Nemea] a descendant of Kleonymos, a relative of the Labdakidai.
4	478 ?	pankration	Melissos of Thebes
5	476	pankration	Phylakidas of Aegina	brother of Pytheas, son of Lampon
6	484 ?	pankration	Phylakidas of Aegina
7	456 ?	pankration	Strapsiades of Thebes
8	478 ?	pankration	Kleandros of Aegina	won at Nemea in 479; his cousin won at the Isthmian Games