Event: Kratisthenes son of Mnaseas from Kyrene (Kyrenaika)

Event ID 5263
Person Kratisthenes son of Mnaseas from Kyrene in Kyrenaika
Festival Olympia in Elis (Elis)
Discipline chariot: tethrippon
Age Category
Date -480 - -450
Achievement V
Comment: The father of Kratisthenes, Mnaseas, also won an Olympic victory (for date: see entry no. 145). Hence, the estimated dating for Kratisthenes. His bronze statue of a chariot, with Nike and Kratisthenes standing on it, was also the work of Pythagoras of Rhegium (who also created the statue of Mnasesas.