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Marketing Fragment 6 X 10.T65 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-86634-7 - Olympic Victor Lists and Ancient Greek History Paul Christesen Index More information GENERAL INDEX Abydenus Olympiads, numbered by him for first Eusebius’ Chronographia, cited in source time: 172 list in: 258–266 Olympic truce, views on: 466–467 Africanus, Sextus Julius: 14 Olympionikai: 24, 170–173 first Olympiad, his date for: 153 –156 inscribed in Lyceum: 206–207 source of Eusebius’ Olympic victor list: text of extant fragments: 369–370 250–276 Pythiads. numbered by him for first Agaclytus: 168–169 time: 186–187, 202 ageneioi, definition of: 16 Pythionikai: 179–202 akme, definition of: 49 books, names and contents of: apene, not listed in POxy II 222: 480 198–201 Alexander Polyhistor contents summarized: 180–181 Eusebius’ Chronographia, cited in source date of composition: 188–190 list in: 258–266 First Sacred War described in: Alpheios River (Elis). See Elis, 187–188 description. honorary inscription at Delpi Annianos: 235–239, 251–252 mentions this work: 181–183 Annus Mundi (AM), definition of: 14 inscribed and displayed at Delphi: Apollas the Pontian: 168 185–186 Apollodorus of Athens list of Pythian victors, first Chronika: 13 cumulative: 183–185, 514–516 first Olympiad, his date for: 19–20, Macedonian influence at Delphi 151 –156 reflected in: 189–190 Argos, list of priestesses of Hera at. See Olympionikai, useful for analyzing: eponyms and eponym lists. 201–202 archon list, Athens. See eponyms and organization of material in: eponym lists. 198–201 Aristodemus of Elis: 37–38, 153 –154 Pausanias draws upon: 195–198 text of extant fragments: 366–367 Philip, commissioned by?: 189–190 Aristotle Pindar’s Pythians, hypotheses to athletics, interest in: 207 probably based upon: 191–195 discus of Iphitos and Lycurgus, text of extant fragments: 374–381 mentioned by: 60–62 victor catalog in: 186–187, 190–191, lists of his work: 198–201 202 565 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-86634-7 - Olympic Victor Lists and Ancient Greek History Paul Christesen Index More information GENERAL INDEX Athens, archon list. See eponyms and Pythiads: 11, 186–187, 197–198, 202 eponym lists. regnal years: 15 athletic festivals, Panhellenic. See also Roman rule, effects of: 15 Isthmian Games; Nemean contests, athletic, treatises on: 169–170 Games; Olympic Games; Coroibos of Elis: 19–20, 480–481 Pythian Games. Ctesicles of Athens. See also Olympiad introduction to: 15 –16 chronicles. Olympionikai (Archonton kai books, length of in ancient works: 3 Olympionikon Anagraphe): 307–309 text of extant fragments: 416 Callimachus first Olympiad, his date for: Daochos monument (Delphi): 124, 153 –155 183–184 Olympia, writes about: 169–170 Dexippus of Athens. See also Olympiad Callisthenes of Olynthos chronicles. collaborates with Aristotle on Olympionikai (Chronike Historia): Pythionikai: 188–189 341–347 honorary inscription at Delpi: text of extant fragments: 453–460 181–183 diaulos, definition of: 16 Pythionikai. See Aristotle, Pythionikai. Dicaearchus of Messene: 169 Cassius Longinus. See also Olympiad Diodorus Siculus. See also Olympiad chronicles. chronicles. source of Olympic victor list in Eusebius’ Chronographia, cited in source Eusebius’ Chronographia: 250–276 list in: 258–266 Castor of Rhodes. See also Olympiad method of compilation and chronographies; Olympiad composition: 281–285 chronicles. Bibliotheca Historica: 31 0 –311 Eusebius’ Chronographia, cited in source discus of Iphitos and Lycurgus: 62, 85–88 list in: 258–266 probably dates to first half of sixth Olympionikai (Chronikon Epitome and century bce: 87–88 Kanon): 311 –322 Dionysius of Halicarnassus. See also contents and structure: 313 –322 Olympiad chronographies; text of extant fragments: 418–432 Olympiad chronicles. titles for: 311 –313 Antiquitates Romanae: 289–294 catalogs of Olympic victors: See Olympic Chronoi: 289–294 victor lists. dolichos, definition of: 16 Cephalion Eusebius’ Chronographia, cited in source Elis list in: 259–266 description: 17 Charon of Lampsacus: 106–107 geography of region: 51 chronicles. See Olympiad chronicles. Hollow (Koile) Elis defined: 51 chronography. See also eponyms and local histories of (Eliaka): 166–168 eponym lists; Olympiads. Olympia, control over legimitized by Actiads: 11 Hippias: 72–73 Christian: 14–15 Pisatis, struggle with for control of history of, in Greece: 8–15 , 315 –317 Olympia: 53–54 intervals, use in: 151 –152 chronology of: 112–122 Isthmiads: 11 sacred and inviolable, according to Nemeads: 11 Hippias: 62–65 566 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-86634-7 - Olympic Victor Lists and Ancient Greek History Paul Christesen Index More information GENERAL INDEX Sparta Chronikoi Kanones, contents and conflict with in fifth century bce: structure of: 234–235 51–57 Chronographia war with (c. 401-398 bce): 54–56 contents of, general: 233–234, possibly described in Hippias’ 240–243 Olympionikai: 65 contents of section on Greek ephors. See eponyms and eponym lists. chronology: 240–243 Ephorus of Cyme introduction to: 232–240 Elis as sacred and inviolable, described: textual history of: 235–240 62–65 first Olympiad, his date for: 18, 19–20, Hippias’ Olympionikai as his source for 153 –154 Elean-Spartan war: 64–65 Olympic victor list in his Chronographia: Olympia and Olympic Games, his chronographic document: 248–250 account of: 165–166 contents: struggle between Elis and Pisatis, his athletes winning multiple victories account of: : 112–122 at Olympia, information about: eponymns and eponym lists: 9–10. See also 216–217 Argos; Athens; Hellanicus of Elis and Pisatis, account of struggle Lesbos; Sicyon; Sparta. between: 112–122 accuracy of early eponym lists: 94, 99 Messenian stadion victors, dates for Athenian archon list: 9–10, 13, 100–104 problematic: 120–121 Carneia at Sparta, list of victors in Olympic Games (Hellanicus): 99–100 founding, account of: 57–62 ephor list (Sparta): 9–10, 104–107 program of events at, account of epigraphic evidence for date of earliest: the evolution of: 206–215 92–93 only complete, extant Olympic first kept in sixth century: 90–107 victor list: 3–4 Greek, history of: 8–15 source of: 250–276 Priestesses of Hera at Argos (Hellanicus): text of, complete (Greek): 386–407 9–10, 94–99 translation, English, partial: 30–31 , scholarship on, early (Jacoby, 244–248 Wilamowitz): 88–93 Spartan king list: 505–507 Eratosthenes of Cyrene first Olympiad, his date for: 19–20, guilds, athletic: 141 151 –156 gymnikos agon, definition of: 16 Olympiad dating: 11–13 Olympiads, numbers years within: Hecataeus of Miletus: 9 174–175 Hellanicus of Lesbos: 95. See also eponyms Olympionikai: 19–20, 173–179 and eponym lists. possible source for Eusebius: 523–527 Athenian kings and archons, list of: text of extant fragments: 371–373 100–101 Peri Chronographion: 11–13, 174–175 Carneia at Sparta, list of victors in: Euanoridas of Elis 99–100 inscribes Olympic victor list in Near Eastern chronicles, possibly gymnasium at Olympia: 77–80 influenced by: 96–97 Eusebius of Caesarea. See also Olympiad Priestesses of Hera at Argos: 94–99 chronographies. Hellanodikai (Olympia): 493–495 Chronika (Chronographia and Chronikoi heralds, Olympic victors not listed in Kanones) Olympionikai: 212 567 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-86634-7 - Olympic Victor Lists and Ancient Greek History Paul Christesen Index More information GENERAL INDEX Herodotus hippikos agon, definition of: 16 Athenian archon list, use of: hoplites (footrace), definition of: 16 100–104 horse races. See hippikos agon. Pausanias, model for: 224–225 Spartan king list: 505–507 Inscriptiones Graecae (IG)II2 2326: Hippias of Elis. See also Elis; Olympic 206–207, 218–219 victor lists; Olympionikon inscribed copy of Aristotle’s anagraphai. Olympionikai: 207 accuracy of his Olympionikai: 73–160, Iphitos of Elis 475–481 discus of, at Olympia: 62, 85–88 author of first Olympic victor list: first Olympiad, ostensible organizer of: 21–24, 46–50, 461–465 19–20, 22, 57–62 compilation of data, his predilection for: Isthmian Games: 15 –16. See also athletic 50 festivals, Panhellenic. contents of his Olympionikai: 57–73 lists of victors in: 108–112, 129–135, date (his): 48 141 date of first Olympiad, how he Pausanias’ account of: 110–111 calculated it: 146–157 , 491–501 treatises on: 169 discus of Iphitos and Lycurgus, his iteration, definition of: 22 reference to: 62 Elis Jerome envoy to Sparta for: 57 his translation of Eusebius’ Chronika: 235 control of Olympia, attempts to legitimize: 72–73 kalpe, not listed in POxy II 222: 480 sacred and inviolable, so described in his Olympionikai: 62–65 Lepreon historical context in which he produced Elis and Sparta, involvement in struggle his Olympionikai: 51–57 between: 54–55 Iphitos and Lycurgus, his views on: polis in Triphylia: 51 57–62, 67–68 Longinus, Cassius obsolescence of his Olympionikai, Olympionikai: 250–276 reasons for: 24 source of Eusebius’ Olympic victor list: Olympia, known activities at: 50 250–276 Olympic games, changes to programs, identity of: 274–276 supplies dates for: 66 Lycurgus Olympic truce, his views on: 57–62 biographical information about him sources he used for his Olympionikai: problematic: 87 122–146 dates for: 87, 151 –156 oral traditions: 122–125, 488–490 discus of, at Olympia: 62, 85–88 written records: 125–145 Olympiad, ostensible organizer of first: Spartan Olympic victors, number of 19–20, 22, 23–24, 57–62 possibly exaggerated by him: used by Hippias to date first Olympiad: 159 –160 147–151 stadion victors as eponyms in his Olympionikai: 68–71 magistrates, eponymous. See eponyms and stadion victors, Olympic, his list of eponym lists. possibly partly fabricated: 156 –157 Magnesia-on-Maeander victor catalog in his Olympionikai: festival of Artemis Leucophyrene: 67–71 469–472 568 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-86634-7 - Olympic Victor Lists and Ancient Greek History Paul Christesen Index More information GENERAL INDEX Mahaffy, J.
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