Xenophon of Corinth
Encyclopedia
Xenophon of Corinth
, son of Thessalus, was a victor at the Olympic Games, both in the foot-race and in the pentathlon
, in the 79th Olympiad (464 BC
). His family belonged to the stock of the Oligaethidae, and was one of the ruling families of Corinth. Pindar
's 13th Olympic Ode celebrates his double victory.
Ancient Corinth
Corinth, or Korinth was a city-state on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece, roughly halfway between Athens and Sparta. The modern town of Corinth is located approximately northeast of the ancient ruins...
, son of Thessalus, was a victor at the Olympic Games, both in the foot-race and in the pentathlon
Ancient Olympic pentathlon
The Ancient Olympic pentathlon was an athletic contest at the Ancient Olympic Games, and other Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece. The name derives from Greek, combining the words pende and -athlon...
, in the 79th Olympiad (464 BC
464 BC
Year 464 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Albinus and Fusus...
). His family belonged to the stock of the Oligaethidae, and was one of the ruling families of Corinth. Pindar
Pindar
Pindar , was an Ancient Greek lyric poet. Of the canonical nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, his work is the best preserved. Quintilian described him as "by far the greatest of the nine lyric poets, in virtue of his inspired magnificence, the beauty of his thoughts and figures, the rich...
's 13th Olympic Ode celebrates his double victory.