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PINDAR of Thebes
A List of the epinikia
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 |
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| [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 |
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| 5 |
476 |
pankration |
Phylakidas of Aegina |
brother of Pytheas, son of Lampon |
| 6 |
484 ? |
pankration |
Phylakidas of Aegina |
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| 7 |
456 ? |
pankration |
Strapsiades of Thebes |
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| 8 |
478 ? |
pankration |
Kleandros of Aegina |
won at Nemea in 479; his cousin won at the Isthmian Games |
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