Pindar of Thebes. A List of the Epinikia

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 (485478), 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 sonin-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 cofounders; 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 14 488? stadion for boys His father, Thessalos, won the stadion in 504; Xenophon previously won twice at the Isthmia and once at Nemea. Asopichos of Orchomenos in Boeotia, northwest of Thebes THE PYTHIAN EPINIKIA Ode Date Contest Victor Notes 1 470 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 tethrippon 6 490 tethrippon Xenokrates of Akragas younger brother of Theron of Akragas; Xenokrates' son drove the chariot 7 456 tethrippon Megakles of Athens 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 son of Hippokrates, nephew of Kleisthenes of Athens, and thus greatgrandson of Alkmaion and of the tyrant of Sikyon, Kleisthenes 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' Sogenes of Aegina pankration 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 1 458 ? tethrippon Herodotus of Thebes 2 472 ? tethrippon Xenocrates of Akragas [3] 477 tethrippon Melissos of Thebes 4 478 ? pankration Melissos of Thebes Notes son of Asopodoros, son of Timander of Thebes [chariot race at Nemea] a descendant of Kleonymos, a relative of the Labdakidai. 5 476 pankration Phylakidas of Aegina 6 484 ? pankration Phylakidas of Aegina 7 456 ? pankration Strapsiades of Thebes 8 478 ? pankration Kleandros of Aegina brother of Pytheas, son of Lampon won at Nemea in 479; his cousin won at the Isthmian Games