Dioxippus

          Arrichion statue

        1. Rules of pankration
        2. Milo of croton
        3. Astylos of croton
        4. Stadion race

          5. Milo of croton.

          Chionis of Sparta

          Ancient Greek athlete

          Chionis of Sparta or Chionis of Laconia (Χίονις; ; fl. 7th century BC) was an ancient Greek athlete who won multiple events at the ancient Olympic Games representing the city of Sparta in Laconia.[1]Eusebius of Caesarea lists Chionis as victor in both the stadion and diaulos races at the 29th, 30th and 31st Olympiads (conventionally dated 664–656 BC).[2]Pausanias' Description of Greece credits Chionis with a fourth stadion victory in the 28th games of 668 BC, which Eusebius assigns to Charmis of Sparta.[3] Pausanias says that Chionis was an oikist at Battus of Thera's foundation (631 BC) of Cyrene, Libya.[2] Paul Christesen suggests that claim may, on the one hand, date from much later heroization of Chionis by Sparta's Agiads seeking an alliance with Cyrene,[4] but, on the other hand, may have some basis in fact.[1]

          Chionis' record number of Olympic victories w